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Karen U. Kwiatkowski (born September 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and a variety of roles for the National Security Agency. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays which denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. She is currently challenging the ten-term incumbent for the 6th District of Virginia House seat.
While in the Air Force, she wrote two books about U.S. policy towards Africa: African Crisis Response Initiative: Past Present and Future (US Army Peacekeeping Institute, 2000) and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions (Air University Press, 2001). More recently, she has contributed or co-written several books on neoconservatism and foreign policy. She contributed to "Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas," (Variant Press, 2008) and "Why Liberty: Personal Journeys Toward Peace and Freedom" (Cobden Press, 2010). She has been featured in a number of documentaries, including "Why We Fight" http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/ in 2005. She has written extensively for Lewrockwell.com since 2003 (http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski-arch.html )
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2014-01-14
Magazine Article • Future Predictions
What 2014 Holds in Store for Us
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Karen Kwiatkowski
2013 is over, and I’m in the large group of people who are sort of glad to see it go. But in terms of liberty and technology, it was a great year! 2013 was also the year that a vast new majority of Americans turned their back on the overseas military
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2014-01-14
Opinions
01-14-2014
What 2014 Holds in Store for Us
2013 is over, and I’m in the large group of people who are sort of glad to see it go. But in terms of liberty and technology, it was a great year! 2013 was also the year that a vast new majority of Americans turned their back on the overseas milita
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2013-07-04
Magazine Article • Raising Generation Next
Farm Life and the Next Generation
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Karen Kwiatkowski
We aren’t solving a complex problem, per se. But what we are doing, for ourselves and for our children and the grandchildren I have been blessed with in just the past five years, is observable, if not measurable.
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2012-07-30
Magazine Article • Now What? Where Do We Go From Here...
Advice for Our Children, Circa 2012
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Karen Kwiatkowski
If liberty is the natural orientation of mankind, then we can trust that our children and grandchildren will turn to that light, seek the warmth of freedom, and always resent their chains.
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2012-02-03
Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Rebellion, Resistance, Renewal … or War?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
It occurs to me that when we speak of war, we often confuse justifiable resistance of people to evil with the propaganda-driven fiascos pursued by governments in order to consolidate or expand power, or to satisfy the corporate demands placed on poli
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2011-12-30
Magazine Article • Future Predictions
A Year to Wake Up!
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Karen Kwiatkowski
My sense is that 2012 will be a year of learning, of realizing, of waking up.
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2011-11-28
Magazine Article • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
All I Want For Christmas…
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Karen Kwiatkowski
There’s a fine juxtaposition between Thanksgiving and Christmas here in the United States. We’ve just celebrated �" in food and in service �" all that we have, all that we cherish and that for which we are truly undeserving.
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2011-10-05
Magazine Article • Healthcare
Health Care Freedom �" Are We There Yet?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
Like a long trip we may remember from childhood, Americans are wondering when the federal health care trip we are on will be over.
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2011-08-29
Magazine Article • Family
Got Attitude?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
An ability to adapt, for our youngest little “citizens” means to adapt to arbitrary rules of not only parents, but policemen, teachers, government workers, and even international do-gooders.
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2011-06-16
Magazine Article • Economy - Economics USA
What Would Jefferson Think?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
America celebrates Independence Day with many flags and no reflection. We refer to the day as July 4th rather than Independence Day, and rightfully so.
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2011-05-29
Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Predicting the Future in the Middle East
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Karen Kwiatkowski
Seduced by the soothing intravenous drip of socialism at home, and swaddled in an unresolvable debt that Congress has denied and forgotten, the thoughts of the U.S. political class turn to … wait for it ... the rest of the world.
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2011-04-01
Opinions
04-01-2011
Open Letter to Mark Hinkle, Libertarian Party National Chair
Your email to me on March 30, 2011 expressed concern that in a speech I gave a few days ago, I criticized the Libertarian Party for becoming associated with pro-war rhetoric, and not sticking to libertarian principles.
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2011-08-29
Magazine Article • Family
Got Attitude?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
What makes a person successful hasn’t changed much over time. Successful people have ability to learn, to adapt, to communicate and to work hard.
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