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TO:                  The Editor, American Diplomacy SUBJECT:      Geographic Bureaucracies and National Security I read with interest the recent posting by a group of authors from the Joint Forces Staff College entitled “Geographic Bureaucracies and National Security: The Need For a Common … Continued