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The speaker models Pentagon decision-making as option design: give the president do-nothing, recommended, and catastrophic choices so that a strategic president chooses the middle option.
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The speaker models Pentagon decision-making as option design: give the president do-nothing, recommended, and catastrophic choices so that a strategic president chooses the middle option.
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