Robert B. Charles
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Robert B. Charles is the former assistant secretary of state at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. He served under Secretary of State Colin Powel.
In a column, titled Accelerated Training in Iraq, written for The Washington Times
he credits the United States
training of foreign police forces with assisting in the spread and maintenance of democracy
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Robert worked in the Pentagon in the navy reserves section at the time of the September 11 attacks, where American Airlines flight 77
hit the pentagon. Robert did not go into work that day. After 9/11, he was called into active duty.
In a column, titled Accelerated Training in Iraq, written for The Washington Times
The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...
he credits the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
training of foreign police forces with assisting in the spread and maintenance of democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
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- "AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
recently held a stunning, nearly violence-free election. Why? Largely because the Afghans wish intensely to live in freedom and to realize the offer of democracy. And in some part the election was held because the State Department, assisted by our German allies, worked overtime training more than 29,000 police...." http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20041104-085527-1166r.htm
Robert worked in the Pentagon in the navy reserves section at the time of the September 11 attacks, where American Airlines flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77 was American Airlines' daily scheduled morning transcontinental flight, from Washington Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California...
hit the pentagon. Robert did not go into work that day. After 9/11, he was called into active duty.