A List O The 100 Most Influential People In The U.S. Defense Establishment

100 Most Influential People In U.S. Defense -- Defense News

The U. S. defense community encompasses the best America has to offer: leadership, innovation, technology and vision. It’s a combination that has helped ensure the U.S. has fielded the best-trained, best-equipped military force in the world for nearly a century.

But the U.S. military does not exist in a vacuum. The world’s most powerful military operates under the civilian control of the president and his appointees and is funded through Congress; its size, shape and employment are determined by many influencers, both civilian and military. Some are elected; most are not. Some move in and out of government, alternating between stints in industry and think tanks, and others wield influence less visibly, sharing experience and wisdom behind closed doors.

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WNU Editor: The list starts here.

Can A Chinese Firm Overturn U.S. National Security Laws?

Ralls Corp. CEO Wu Jialiang speaks at a news conference in Beijing, October 18. Mr. Wu, one of China’s richest men, squares off against President Obama in a Washington federal court Wednesday, challenging the US leader's refusal, on national security grounds, to let him build a wind farm in America. Jason Lee/Reuters

Why One Of China's Richest Men Is Squaring Off Against Obama In Court -- Christian Science Monitor

Wu Jialiang, CEO of Ralls Corp. is challenging Obama's refusal on national security grounds to let him build a wind farm in America, marking the first such high level case in the US from a Chinese firm.

One of China’s richest men squares off against President Obama in a Washington federal court today, challenging the US leader’s refusal, on national security grounds, to let him build a wind farm in the US.

“We are suing the president because we do not accept his finding that we are a national security threat. It is not true,” says Wu Jialiang, CEO of Ralls Corp., whose deal to buy land for a wind farm in Oregon near a US Navy weapons training facility ran into a presidential veto in September.

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My Comment: If he wins .... I will be shocked. But how I will feel will pale on how those who are responsible for U.S. national security will feel if Ralls Corp. CEO Wu Jialiang wins.