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Karzai to Announce Next Phase of Afghan Security Transition
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(VOA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to outline Wednesday the second
phase of transferring security control from foreign to Afghan forces.
President Karzai issued a statement Tuesday saying he will make the
announcement at this week's loya jirga in Kabul. The meeting of more than
2,000 Afghan politicians, tribal elders and community leaders begins
Wednesday.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Karzai-to-Announce-Next-Phase-of-
Afghan-Security-Transition-133903548.html
UNITED STATES
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A New Intelligence Org on Climate Change is Needed, DSB Says
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(fas) The U.S. intelligence community needs an organization that can assess
the impacts of climate change on U.S. national security interests in an
open and collaborative manner, according to a new report from the Defense
Science Board (DSB).
The Director of National Intelligence should establish a new intelligence
group “to concentrate on the effects of climate change on political and
economic developments and their implications for U.S. national security,”
said the DSB report on “Trends and Implications of Climate Change for
National and International Security” (b).
(a) http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/11/dsb_climate.html
(b) http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dsb/climate.pdf
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CIA Sees “Little Likelihood” of Finding Docs on Secrecy Reform
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(fas) There is “little likelihood” that the Central Intelligence Agency
will be able to produce any records documenting the CIA’s implementation of
the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review that each classifying agency
is required to conduct, the Agency said last week. (b)
The Fundamental Classification Guidance Review (FCGR) was ordered by
President Obama in his December 2009 executive order 13526 (section 1.9) as
a systematic effort to eliminate obsolete or unnecessary classification
requirements. It is the Obama Administration’s primary response to the
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