In Defense of Our Nation

Day 2,354, 08:48 • Published in USA USA • by Molly Emma

For your listening pleasure:
Don’t Mean a Thing - St. Paul & The Broken Bones
The Image You Project
Day 2354
5/1/2014


Today, I’d like to talk a little about Foreign Policy and Defense. I have alluded to it before and I will say it again. We have some recently formed alliances, but the world is in flux. Never have two central alliances been so weak. Alliances are now, more than ever, a loose association of countries. There has been much negotiating between individual countries that transcends alliance boundaries. I have tried to choose a team of experienced and intelligent people who can navigate these ever-increasingly complicated waters and forge a stable position from which we can project power as needed for ourselves and our chosen allies.

One of major projects these people, along with my VP and CoS, will be a part of is the reformation of the National Security Council. In the past, NSC has not always had the benefit of a foreign affairs perspective and the disjointed actions have caused concern. The new NSC will consist of the CP, NSC Director, SoD, SoS, and USAFOC. Advisors will be appointed as necessary to try to get as complete a picture as possible before taking decisive action. NSC orders will then be carried out by NSC Director and Staff. All this is in an effort to get all our horses to pull the same way. We are not the biggest fish in the pond so every bit of efficiency we can get is worthwhile.

The second half of the new mission of NSC is that NSC will be tasked with communicating regularly with our non-government domestic MUs with the goal of presenting a more unified fighting body that is better able to project power and accomplish goals. Of course, nothing would be compulsory, but it becomes easier for everyone is we are all pulling in the same direction.



Artela will be working as Secretary of State this month. It will be a formidable task in light of the changing world and with her lengthy experience and particularly well-connectedness I feel she is the best person to provide a comprehensive strategy for navigating our new Foreign Policy Challenges. We will be focusing on our alliance, our nearest neighbors and friends and looking about to open channels even in places we might not otherwise consider trying to communicate.



Dmjohnston has signed on as Secretary of Defense. The logistical movement of USAF branches into a single in-game MU is under way and meeting the challenges of having four USAF Branches under one roof will be his primary task this month. He has been intimately involved with the process so far and with his positive contributions, I believe the task, once completed, will be a resounding success.




Deepchill will be facilitating National Security communications and leading his NSC Staff on the never-ending mission to determine efficient use of battle damage and to decipher battle strategy. Not least of those duties will include disseminating priorities and background information to the people who will actually be doing the fighting: all of YOU out there who contribute to our national goals. Deepchill has been working in and around NSC for a few months now and has shown proficiency and even demeanor. I look forward to his significant contribution.



rainy sunday has taken on the Office of United States Armed Forces Operations Commander. She, along with the Secretary of Defense, will be providing for the well-being of all of our soldiers in all of the branches of the USAF. Everything in the USAF is just settling out and it will be up to rainy to keep everything under control and our fighters fighting at the highest capacity. I have known rainy since before I ever held a cabinet position. She helped me get started as a supply person in DoI and even the few times we disagreed over the years, I have always known rainy to be able to empathize with those whom our actions affect and take an even-keeled approach to making our environment as welcoming a place as we can hope for given the parameters of the game. She has the history, knowledge and drive to lead and I know she will do so effectively.




Stay tuned for more about policy and those people that have generously offered to be a part of what I consider to be an all-star team of secretaries and advisors. Next time, I will be covering our domestic leaders. Many are familiar faces, and their expectations will reflect the phenomenal work that is already being done.





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In Defense of Our Nation
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2396177/1/20
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Picture Album:

Speaking with President Inwegen at team-building retreat in the Cascade Mountains. If you look closely, you can see Israel Stevens, rainy sunday and Tenshibo, among others, in the background


Getting to know some of Artela’s tribe before the ramp up of her presidential campaign in 2013.Shortly after this, we got drunk and rode dragons. Was a blast!


Contemplating the finer nuance of public life in eRepublik.

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