Business Office Editor’s Notes 517 Benfield Road, Suite 303 By James D. Hessman, Editor in Chief Severna Park, MD 21146 USA www.DomesticPreparedness.com The first month of 2009 was, for most Americans, a period of both hope and (410) 518-6900 trepidation. A charismatic but untested new president would soon be sworn in. Staff But the U.S. economy was still trying to recover from its steepest decline in 25 Martin Masiuk years, and there were numerous foreign-policy challenges facing the incoming Publisher
[email protected] administration – particularly in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. James D. Hessman Editor in Chief Not quite 12 months later, the economy is recovering – slightly, and very slowly. Iraq is still suf-
[email protected] fering through a prolonged period of violent peace, the war in Afghanistan has not gone as well John Morton as expected, and Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, and its anti-U.S. rhetoric, continues apace. Strategic Advisor
[email protected] These and other dangers and difficulties are partially offset by continued progress in most but Dan Brethauer not quite all aspects of the multifaceted U.S. homeland-security/domestic-preparedness mosaic. Account Executive
[email protected] The specific details are spelled out in this “2010 Forecast” issue of DPJ, which leads off with a bullish update from Kay Goss on the numerous accomplishments of the nation’s Susan Collins Creative Director emergency-management community. Mark Merritt provides an insider’s look at how
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