http://doleinstituteblog.org Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:27:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Dole Institute of Politics hosted a panel on “Military Blogging and America’s Wars.” The guests included John Donovan, one of America’s leading milbloggers (who was invited to meet President Bush in the White House); Ward Carroll, a retired Navy Commander who flew F-14s and editor of http://www.military.com/; and Charles J. “Jack” Holt, chief ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/milblogs-yesterday-and-today/ By Holt, Charles, AFIS-HQ/IC   November 6, 2006 I was transferred to American Forces Information Service, Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Internal Communication, New Media Directorate. My tasking was to figure out what was the New Media environment and how to engage. I ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/new-media-observations/ The rise of milblogging has as much to do with the national dialectic as it does the technology that made it possible to be conducted via the Internet. Why have warfighters, veterans, military spouses, and others with military affinity been increasingly compelled to "enter the fray" via blogging as the ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/the-rise-of-milblogging/ This is a previous post by John Donovan Milblogger, thedonovan.com  Milblog program at the Dole Institute on January 29, 2008. President George W. Bush meeting with military bloggers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian The sit down with President Bush ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/first-impressions-of-meeting-with-the-president/              I’ve often heard it said that sending someone to Congress is kind of like sending your kids off to college: you hope you’ve made the right decision, you hope they don’t fall in with the wrong crowd, and you hope – most of all – to recognize them when ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/energy-blog/ By David D. Perlmutter Christian Science Monitor, January 15, 2008. Lawrence, Kan. Sen. Hillary Clinton will soon make a decision about the direction of her campaign in the South Carolina Democratic primary on Jan. 26. Her options are either to play nice and perhaps lose, or to go on the attack and win. In ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/hillary-clintons-critical-choice-attacking-obama-could-push-youth-away-from-politics/ By Jonathan Earle Dole Institute Interim Director Some people go to Cancun during winter break, but I couldn’t resist a little political tourism in Iowa, four days in advance of the caucuses this Thursday, Jan. 3. My brother, ace political reporter for the New York Post, is pretty much embedded with ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/observations-from-iowa-2-days-to-go-before-the-first-votes-of-2008/ Video Link          Dukakis began his political career as an elected Town Meeting Member in the town of Brookline. He was elected chairman of his town's Democratic organization in 1960 and won a seat in the Massachusetts legislature in 1962. He served four terms as a legislator, winning re-election by an increasing margin each time he ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/michael-stanley-dukakis/ Video Link  Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Deputy Commanding General for Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Director, Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance Lieutenant General Caldwell currently serves as the commander of the Combined Arms Center at ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/lieutenant-general-william-b-caldwell-iv-11142007-dole-institute/ Dole Institute - October 25, 2007  One of the longest running syndicated columns in the nation, “Inside Report” has always been based on hard reporting. For over a quarter of a century, both columnists not only crisis-crossed the nation regularly covering politics, but also traveled abroad to report wars, revolutions and ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/robert-d-novak/ Recently I (David Perlmutter, KU) and Lawrence Bush of the Dole institute traveled to the BlogWorld & New Media Expo, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center where I moderated two panels. Created by blogger Rick Calvert, BW was be the first business expo to showcase blogging as well as the other ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/blog-world/  By Bob Dole and Donna E. Shalala Tuesday, October 16, 2007; It is time to decide -- do we reform the current military and veterans' disability evaluation and compensation systems or limp along, placing Band-Aids over existing flaws? It has been more than 2 1/2 months since our commission presented its ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/a-duty-to-the-wounded-our-newest-veterans-need-help-now/ Major Andrew Harvey provides an inside look at the Iraqi government from the perspective of a political and military intelligence officer who spent most of 2006 at Camp Victory Baghdad. His presentation -- seen before only by a select group of soldiers, businessmen and insiders -- will go beyond "benchmarks" ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/video-major-andrew-harvey-inside-look-at-the-iraqi-government/ From the Lawrence Journal-World  U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, will be the recipient of this year’s Dole Leadership Prize, the Dole Institute of Politics will announce today. Lewis was a leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and was beaten by the police in retaliation for his actions. ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/civil-rights-movement-pioneer-to-receive-dole-leadership-prize/ By BOB DOLE September 17, 2007; Page A16 - Wall Street Journal Tomorrow the United Nations will consider Taiwan's application for membership. It has formally sought admission every year since 1993, but this year's application is different. First, the country is applying under its own name ("Taiwan") rather than its official appellation ("Republic of China"). ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/let-taiwan-join-the-un/ The Dole Institute of Politics' Senior Fellow Jennifer Schmidt interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Schultz is the author of Life Happens and ..And His Lovely Wife, about her year on the campaign trail with her husband Sherrod Brown, who was elected to the U.S. ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/pulitzer-prize-winning-columnist-connie-schultz/ LAWRENCE — An engineer for the World Trade Center in New York City has identified the original location of two steel support beams now at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas to memorialize the Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. John M. Barson was able ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/world-trade-center-support-beams-now-at-dole-institute-came-from-tower-one/ WATCH PROGRAM VIDEO HERE  Opinions differ on ethnic cleansing, not on finding solutions for world issues By Sarah Neff - The University Daily Kansan Two former U.S. ambassadors speaking at the Rober J. Dole Institute of Politics Thursday night had different definitions for genocide, but they agreed that one step in the solution ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/former-ambassadors-discuss-genocide-war/ By Beka Romm - Senior, University of Kansas Iowans hailed Thompson as "the next Reagan" at Ames, despite his tiny booth manned by two college students and rather paltry showing in the Ames straw poll. Will this romantic view of the former Senator sweep the country? Former Dole Institute director and now-campaign ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/thompson-the-next-reagan/ (From Lawrence-Journal World) Sit Jennifer Schmidt down in a room and ask her to talk about politics, and the conversation will span a range of locations and topics. There’s her experience as a staffer in the Statehouse in Topeka. And her time as a legal counselor on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. ... http://doleinstituteblog.org/new-dole-institute-fellows-make-study-session-plans/