Gus Hahn-Powell

Literature-based discovery is a form of knowledge extraction and automated hypothesis generation that uses papers and other academic publications (the "literature") to find new relationships between existing knowledge (the "discovery"). The technique was pioneered by Don R. Swanson in the 1980s and has since seen widespread use. Literature-based discovery does not generate new knowledge through laboratory experiments, as is customary for empirical sciences. Instead it seeks to connect existing knowledge from empirical results by bringing to light relationships that are implicated and "neglected". It is marked by empiricism and rationalism in concert or consilience. The evaluation of literature-based discoveries is challenging, and includes both experimental and in silico methods.

A lot of Melvin Laird's time in office was otherwise occupied with the Vietnam war. From the beginning of his time in office, Melvin Laird and Henry Kissinger (National Security Adviser to President Nixon) clashed over access to the president. Kissinger tried to remove Melvin Laird from the decision-making process over the Vietnam war, which included establishing a direct channel from Kissinger's office to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an effort to isolate Laird. In 1969, President Nixon strategy towards the war was to impose an armistice to preserve South VietnamSouth Vietnam. Melvin Laird's overall impact in the office was to reduce the budget, which in turn reduced the troops deployed in Vietnam, and contributed to America's departure from Vietnam.

Donald Rumsfeld served a second tenure as defense secretary under President George W. Bush. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Rumsfeld became the face of the United States new world posture to hunt down Osama bin Laden and other associated terrorist groups. Rumsfeld and his chief deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, were key architects of the president's global war on terrorism campaign, which included the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as planned attacks on Iran and North Korea. Rumsfeld also promoted increases in the DoD budget that eclipsed those of the Reagan era. Rumsfeld's second tenure brought controversy, especially with his championing of the President's approach to terrorist suspects and their supporters, and the Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib scandals. There were also questions during Rumsfeld's tenure over the supply of United States troops and equipment during the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. President Bush asked Rumsfeld to resign following the 2006 election and the Republican loss of control of Congress. Robert GatesRobert Gates, former CIA director, replaced Rumsfeld.

The U.S. Department of Defense has three subordinate military departments: The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. They also have four subordinate intelligence services, including: The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Reconnaissance OfficeNational Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Other Defense agencies include:

A lot of Melvin Laird's time in office was otherwise occupied with the Vietnam war. From the beginning of his time in office, Melvin Laird and Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger (National Security Adviser to President Nixon) clashed over access to the president. Kissinger tried to remove Melvin Laird from the decision-making process over the Vietnam war, which included establishing a direct channel from Kissinger's office to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an effort to isolate Laird. In 1969, President Nixon strategy towards the war was to impose an armistice to preserve South Vietnam. Melvin Laird's overall impact in the office was to reduce the budget, which in turn reduced the troops deployed in Vietnam, and contributed to America's departure from Vietnam.