What I found in the news today

By Dan Barber

Seeking ways to bridge 'civilian-military gap'

When I retired from the Navy as a journalist in 1989 I was able to land a leadership job at a Los Angeles weekly newspaper. I learned soon after starting there the publisher hired me not for my journalism skills, but because of her perceived notion of how I could use my military disciplinary skills to reign in her "free spirited staff." In that experience, I discovered that it would be easier to herd a bunch of cats into their bath. I did last for two years until they couldn’t afford to pay my salary anymore… but the publisher did offer to put me on as a contract employee…I declined before the terms were even discussed.

Obama promised to curb the influence of lobbyists. Has he succeeded?

Is this an example of illusion or diffusion? Just change the title of "lobbyist" to "advocate" and all will be well in the Obama Administration's promise of transparency.

U.S. forces leave Yemen amid concerns it is haven for terror groups

“Due to the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, the U.S. government has temporarily relocated its remaining personnel out of Yemen,” State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in a statement." Maybe the U.S. Government can return when we have an administration with the courage and ability to conduct honest foreign policy in the Middle East. The primary reason the Middle East is being taken over by ISIS rests on the shoulders of an ineffective U.S. foreign policy.

Clinton stays coy about her plans as likely April campaign start nears

I would really like to believe in someone, anyone to do the right thing for Americans. I don't believe that Hillary Clinton has America's best interests in mind in her attempt to represent us as the first female American president. Anyone who would go along with a lie (it was the insulting video) to explain the death of an American Ambassador and some of his security staff, in my opinion is GUILTY of perjury by taking an oath under false pretences to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. When investigators asked her to help them find the answers as to why or how it happened, she couldn't make the hearings because of a reported "serious" injury to her head in a fall at her home. When she recovered enough to testify she asked, "What difference does it make now?" Was the result of her head injury caused when she fell in the basement of her home trying to hide her internet server deeper in the closet so her private email account wouldn't be revealed to investigators? We will never know, I don't think she can be, trusted, to be honest.