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John P. Abizaid   Download vCard

Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project

CISAC
Stanford University
Encina Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-6165

dcgordon@stanford.edu
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preventive defense


John P. Abizaid retired from the United States Army in May 2007, after thirty-four years of active service. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, he rose from infantry platoon leader to become the youngest four-star general in the Army and the longest-serving commander of United States Central Command.

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Obama's Fifth Category: The "Untriable"
The Obama administration gave the human rights community apoplexy when it referred to "preventive detention." Now, it is simply saying that it's not going ...
November 24, 2009 in truthout

Teachable Moment on Censoring Objectionable Messages
The Times also described other preventive measures that people ignore and useless and harmful pills that people take on faith.
November 24, 2009 in Cincinnati CityBeat

Army, NIMH Start Big Study of Military Mental Health
"The end game here is to be able to intervene with preventive strategies early in the process so that we keep soldiers healthy and robust, ...
November 23, 2009 in Occupational Health Safety

Jake Towne's Afghanistan War Plank
?Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
November 20, 2009 in Liberty Maven

UPI NewsTrack TopNews
Ours looks forward and is preventive," Lieberman said, though Gates also said the military probe would look for ways to prevent further violent episodes.
November 20, 2009 in Times of the Internet