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Quotes of the Day:

"Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. It is invincible, indestructible."

- Giuseppe Mazzini

"In such a society as ours the only possible chance for change, for mobility, for political, economic, and moral flow lies in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, in the use of fictions, of language."

- Kathy Acker

"The art of teaching consists in large part of interesting people in things that ought to interest them, but do not."

- Robert M. Hutchins

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2. Fifth Anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal Ruling on the South China Sea - United States Department of State

3. China says it 'drove away' U.S. warship on anniversary of tribunal ruling

4. Special Operations News Update - Monday, July 12, 2021 | SOF News

5. Cuba protests: Thousands rally against government as economy struggles

6. With The U.S. Military Gone, The CIA Faces Tough Challenges In Afghanistan

7. Hundreds of Thai medical workers infected despite Sinovac vaccinations

8. How the War on Terror Enabled China’s Surveillance Dystopia

9. French, U.S. Special Forces Agree to Beef Up Partnership in Africa

10. You’re Being Manipulated

11. Is Duterte squandering The Hague victory to appease Beijing?

12. Congress Has a Role Against China, Too

13. Pentagon analyzing request to send troops to Haiti

14. Short on expertise, Army Guard, Reserve want to snag retired warrants

15. Young Minds on Competition and Conflict | Mad Scientist Laboratory

16. Guantanamo prosecutor, an Army one-star, retires as 9/11 trial remains elusive

17. States Gear Up for Fight to Keep the National Guard Out of War

18. FDD | Xi Jinping Doesn’t Want to Admit He’s an Autocrat

19. Taliban squeezes Afghan government by seizing key border towns

20. Breaking Out of Our Silos: How to Strengthen Relationships Between Service-Specific Information Operations Communities, and Why We Need To

21. Whatever happened to the South China Sea ruling?

22. America’s Founding Beats the Chinese Communist Party’s

23. Henry Parham, Who Fought in a Black Unit on D-Day, Dies at 99