Mexico forms new fighting force against crime by AlJazeeraEnglish

One of the top priorities for Mexico's new president Enrique Pena Nieto is tackling violence. His predecessor tried going after the leaders of drug cartels. But that had only limited success. Now Pena Nieto's promising to employ a new strategy, by creating a new national police force made up of former military troops. Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Mexico City.

What the Hell is Smart Power? Rob DuBois at TEDxSunRiver by TEDxTalks

Go on a journey, through a Navy SEAL's eyes, as he embraces the greatest distinctions between necessary evils, truths, peace, and the power of human nature. Rob Dubois believes, it is in our decisions that destiny is shaped. Nowhere is the cost of failure higher than in the life-and-death struggle of armed conflict. In Powerful Peace; A Navy SEAL's Lessons on Peace from a Lifetime at War, author J. Robert DuBois harnesses that real world sense of wartime urgency to guide our search for solutions to the most challenging problems. He takes on a crucial and unprecedented mission for a retired Navy SEAL: the relentless pursuit of interpersonal and international peacemaking as an imperative for global security. A treatise for policy makers and warriors, mediators and educators, Powerful Peace is also a compelling and practical guide to problem solving for every engaged citizen. This game-changing message is equally relevant in the boardroom, the bedroom, and the battlefield. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Sen. Rand Paul Discusses FISA Amendment by SenatorRandPaul

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