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able to provide a nuclear um- brella to its terrorist proxies, which is why we need to focus on the nuclear question fi rst. Some people argue we should
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have walked away and gotten a better deal. Yet the U.S. already tried that approach between 2003 and 2005, and those talks yielded nothing. Afterward, the U.S. and its partners began a decade-long eff ort to increase economic pres- sure, and Iran responded by in- creasing the size of its nuclear program from 164 to 20,000 cen- trifuges. If in 2013 we had levied new sanctions and gone for a “bet- ter deal,” Iran would have contin- ued to build out its program and
facesofmoaa Kudos
Do you know a MOAA member who is making an impact? To nominate a candidate for “Faces of MOAA,” see the MOAA Directory, page 6.
They come to MOAA with various interests and experiences, and together they make the association strong. Read on to learn more about your fellow MOAA members.
Lt. Col. Christopher Burnham, USAFR (Ret), Life Mem- ber (joined 2012): Burnham was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1974 and went on to be a naval
fl ight offi cer, a member of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, and an Air Force judge advocate. He has served as a chief deputy prosecut- ing attorney, a public defender, and a magistrate. He serves on three com- mittees of MOAA’s board of directors.
Col. Kenneth P. Davis, USA (Ret), Life Member (joined 2000): Davis joined the Army in 1968, beginning his career as a signal corpsman and later serving as a budget offi cer and manage-
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missiles. Under the most optimistic reading of the JCPOA, there-
fore, the world’s superpower willfully has elevated a second-tier regional power viscerally opposed to its interests to threshold nuclear weapons status. Most likely, however, Iran will go the less optimistic route and cheat. In this reading, the JCPOA is incom- plete on questions of both discovery and enforcement. Aspects of the International Atomic Energy Agency “roadmap” — deemed critical to establishing the previous military dimensions (PMD) of Iran’s nuclear program — suggest we will not re- ceive a full accounting of Iran’s past nuclear activities. Without PMD, in- spectors essentially are blindfolded as they police a territory the
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ment analysis offi cer. As a longtime Boy Scout, Davis is a 2015 recipient of the Centurion Award from his local Order of the Arrow Lodge. Oglethorpe Uni- versity in Atlanta also presented him with its Spirit of Oglethorpe Award. He has more than 300 hours of service with the United Service Organizations.
Capt. David Wayne Fuhrman, USMC (Ret) (joined 1994): A graduate of the MCRD Parris Island, S.C., Navy Enlisted Sci- entifi c Education Program from Purdue University in Lafayette,
Ind., Fuhrman is a Putnam County (Ind.) council member and deputy town- ship trustee. He fosters future ensign and lieutenant boilermakers through the annual Purdue Grand Prix (PGP) kart race that generates scholarship funds. Fuhrman also established the PGP Museum that chronicles the 58-year event.
Joanne Holbrook Patton, Auxiliary Life Member (joined 2004): Patton, the daughter, granddaughter, and wife of distin- guished Army offi cers, made early eff orts to help military fami-
lies get the support they needed through volunteer work with the Army, armed forces, and American Red Cross. She also helped launch the National Military Family Association. Today, Patton is the owner and CEO of Green Meadows Farm and belongs to the Paul Revere (Mass.) Chapter. MO
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