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The tasks that special forces perform fall under two broad categories, known as direct and indirect. Direct operations often involve the destruction, killing, or capture of people, equipment, and facilities. One famous example (cited above) would be the U.S. mission against Osama bin Laden in 2011; others from the past include the Italian targeting and sinking of two British warships and a Norwegian tanker in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1941 and an Israeli operation against an Egyptian radar and electronic monitoring facility on the Suez Canal in 1969. Direct operations often become immortalized as "great raids," capturing the imagination of the public and politicians for their daring and audacity, immediate results, and seeming decisiveness. Special operators often distinguish raids according to their target: direct action, the most generic type of raid; counterterrorism, specifically targeting terrorist leaders, organizers, followers, and infrastructure; and counterproliferation, in which weapons of mass destruction and their components are destroyed, neutralized, or seized and rendered safe. In order to mitigate risk and ensure success, direct special operations require exceptionally well-trained and well-equipped forces that have rehearsed missions exhaustively on the basis of long-term and incomparably detailed intelligence information.
The second category of special operations is indirect application of force—or even no use of force at all. Indirect, or nonkinetic, operations require a great deal of patience to conduct, as considerable time can elapse before their effects are noticeable. Special forces conducting indirect operations seek to work through proxies (for instance, insurgent or partisan groups conducting "unconventional warfare"), other third parties (e.g., host governments that agree to let special forces enter their countries as part of "counterinsurgency," "foreign internal defense," or "security force assistance" missions), nonviolent actions (e.g., building schools and digging wells in "civil affairs" projects to improve the life of the local population, gathering information clandestinely in "special reconnaissance" efforts), and various other means (including the use of speakers, leaflets, and the Internet in "psychological operations" or "military information support operations").
The goal of indirect special operations is either to increase the effectiveness of local insurgent or security forces or to influence the morale, will, and cohesion of the target audience—all of this done as economically as possible and with little or no publicity because of the sensitive political nature of the missions. In an example of this type of operation, in 2002 the United States began to support, through numerous types of indirect special operations, the government of the Philippines in its struggle against a number of terrorist and insurgent groups in that country's southern islands. The lack of publicity surrounding Operation Enduring Freedom–Philippines (OEF-P) reflected both the nature of indirect special operations and a mutual desire on the part of the Philippines and United States not to incite a public or political backlash through more aggressive, visible, direct, and conventional military support.
All of the special operations missions outlined above, whether they are conducted directly or indirectly, in conjunction with conventional military forces or without them, are guided by the same principle: to resolve, as economically as possible, specific problems at the operational or strategic level that are difficult or impossible to address with conventional forces alone.

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Rooms a little on the dark side.
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From the U.S. Department of Education.
Secretary Spellings visited St. Peter Claver Catholic Central School, a Pre-K to 8th grade elementary school in New Orleans, and praised the school for their dedication to preparing all students for the global knowledge economy. In New Orleans she also announced a $2.6 million School Improvement Grant for Louisiana to help turn around low-performing schools. (Jan. 31)
As part of her national tour to discuss NCLB, Secretary Spellings traveled to Alabama where Governor Bob Riley hosted an education policy roundtable with state legislators, educators, and business leaders at the Alabama State House in Montgomery to discuss how the federal government can partner with the state and districts to support innovation and get every child performing on grade level or better. She also kicked off Black History Month by participating in a meeting with African American leaders at a roundtable meeting hosted by 100 Black Men of America to discuss raising student achievement. (Feb. 1)
Secretary Spellings unveiled President Bush's FY 2009 budget request, which focuses on strengthening NCLB so that all students will perform on grade level or above by 2014, challenging high school students with rigorous coursework, closing the achievement gap, and making college more affordable. Spellings made special mention of the budget request to restore funding for Reading First and to target resources to schools and students who need it most. The President's budget includes an increase in funding for NCLB to $24.5 billion, up 41 percent since 2001, and support for Title I Grants to high-poverty schools that is stronger than ever at $14.3 billion, an increase of 63 percent since the enactment of NCLB. (Feb. 4)
Secretary Spellings announced the creation of Teaching Ambassador Fellowship (TAF) positions at the U.S. Department of Education. TAF will provide two kinds of opportunities for teachers across the country. Up to 20 Classroom Fellows will be chosen who remain at their local schools under their regular teaching contracts and will provide their experience and perspectives to the Department through various part-time assignments and projects. Up to five Washington Fellows will become full-time federal employees in Washington, D.C., working on education programs and participating in policy discussions. Applications are due by April 7. (Feb. 8)
The February edition of the "Education News Parents Can Use" television program highlighted dropout prevention strategies that work, including adolescent reading interventions, intensive tutoring and remediation techniques, alternative high school programs, mentoring initiatives, and community college dual enrollment programs. NCLB focuses on improvement of public schools serving low-income students and on strategies to help students stay in school and on pace for success. For more information, go to http://www.ed.gov/edtv/. To watch the archived webcast go to: http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
The National Center for Special Education Research is sponsoring a two-day training institute to increase the capacity of researchers to conduct rigorous special education research, using single-case methodologies that incorporate quantitative analyses. The institute will be held in Washington, D.C., from April 15-16. For more information, please contact Kristen Lauer, or Erin Caffrey. (Feb. 2008)
Assessments in music and visual arts begin this winter for eighth graders in selected schools who will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress. For more information about these innovative surveys, download the Sample Questions Booklet for music and visual arts. The arts were last assessed in 1997, and the results may be viewed online. (Jan. 28)
The Department's What Works Clearinghouse has released two new intervention reports developed under the Clearinghouse's dropout prevention review. The first is on New Chance, a program for young welfare mothers who have dropped out of school. The second is on First Things First, a program designed to boost student achievement in schools serving a large number of economically disadvantaged students. (Jan. 24)
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she wouldn't have personally written the Republican budget, but it does balance the budget over time.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Paraphrase of the Day
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Monday, March 23, 2015
Revolving Door Watch
Senate GOP veteran Rob Epplin has launched his own lobbying and consulting firm.
The firm Epplin Strategic Planning was born, Epplin says, mostly "to answer the question: 'Can I do this on my own?'"
In his first weeks, he registered the Human Rights Campaign and the National Association of Broadcasters--two clients he worked with at Gephardt Government Affairs.
After retiring from Capitol Hill in 2012, Epplin faced a "cooling off" period--required by ethics laws--in which he could not lobby his former colleagues. During this time, he and Gephardt traveled and met potential clients.
Epplin served as a legislative director for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for three years and worked in several policy areas including appropriations, defense, tax and financial issues.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Quote of the Day
"It did not seem to me to be appropriate for us to be writing the ayatollah at this critical time during the negotiations."
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Quote of the Day
Sen. Susan Collins on the prospects for immigration reform in the current session of Congress:
At this point, we have a lot of other issues to do.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Collins Feared Sexual Assault In Senate
A stunning anecdote from Sen. Susan Collins via Politico:
So notoriously predatory was [Former Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-SC] that when Susan Collins came to the Senate in 1997, she was warned to avoid getting on an elevator alone with him.
A Republican from Maine, Collins describes publicly for the first time being headed for the senators-only elevator and seeing Thurmond walking in the same direction. She did a U-turn and took the stairs. "The reason I remember the incident so well is because it was observed by one of my Republican male colleagues," recalls Collins. He "started laughing because he knew exactly why I was turning around and not getting on the elevator."
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Home Team
Sen. Susan Collins didn't just oppose the Vivek Murthy nomination this week. She also voted against confirming an Obama judicial nominee, a deputy secretary and an assistant secretary.
And that's in addition to a bunch of nominees she voted against earlier in the month, including a Consumer Product Safety Commission commissioner and the General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
All were confirmed.
It could be that all of the above nominees were unqualified or ideologically extreme--based on standards that Collins has applied consistently throughout her tenure in the Senate.
It could be, in other words, that Maine's senior senator, who boasted of her non-ideological approach throughout the her recent campaign, voted the merits without regard to party, her views of the President or her desire to thwart his administration.
But when you consider Collins's past willingness to back even the most extreme and least competent of President Bush's nominees...let's just say it seems unlikely.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Mum on Murthy?
So far no statement from Sen. Susan Collins on her vote against the nomination of Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General.
Prior to announcing her decision, Collins spoke to Politico about Murthy, a Harvard and Yale-trained physician who had been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the American Cancer Society. But nothing since.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Collins Roll-Back Makes Budget Bill
Congress is poised to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, ignoring the pleas of consumer activists and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
The provision, added to budget legislation to fund the U.S. government through the fiscal year, would temporarily suspend rules that took effect last year while a study is conducted about the number of trucks driven on congested roads. Under the change, truckers would be able to work as many as 82 hours a week.
Streetsblog has a good roundup here.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Quote of the Day
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is playing Santa Claus for the trucking industry this Christmas, but the American driving public will be paying the bill with lives forever lost and horrific injuries.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Smackdown Watch
Some senators didn't want to talk about the issue at all. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) stared blankly at HuffPost when asked if he wanted to keep filibuster reform, before slipping into an elevator and disappearing. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she had thoughts on the matter, but didn't want to share them.
"Who do you work for?" Collins asked, as this HuffPost reporter identified herself. "That's what I thought," she replied, turning and walking away.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Collins Has NSA's Back
Splitting with her colleague Angus King, Sen. Susan Collins voted yesterday to block a bill that would have ended the National Security Agency's indiscriminate, bulk collection of the phone records of Americans.
Collins's remarks begin at 20:50.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Quote of the Day
Why would we weaken the ability of our intelligence community at a time when the threats against this country have never been greater?
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Collins Wins. Again.
A fourth term for Sen. Susan Collins.
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
More Debates
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