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A Balanced Force Is Needed For ‘The New Normal,’ Admiral Says

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--A balanced approach to warfare carefully blending different military capabilities--conventional, nuclear and irregular--is necessary moving into the future, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said. "We're living in a 'new normal,' the world not going back to pre-9/11," Adm. Eric Olson said May 13 at the Joint Warfighting 09 conference, co-sponsored by AFCEA International and U.S. Naval Institute. Olson wasn't offering the audience revelations, but reinforcing what other speakers--Marine Gen. James Mattis, who commands…

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