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Jill Tokuda: should we not be looking for individuals that have the natural, immediate strategic empathy towards the theater in which…

On the recordJuly 18, 2023
should we not be looking for individuals that have the natural, immediate strategic empathy towards the theater in which we are finding ourselves engaged?
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Jill Tokuda
Democratic · Hawaii

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Tokuda suggests recruiting individuals with strategic empathy for military effectiveness.

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