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 ===== Matt Pottinger =====
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+==== Early Life ====
+Wikipedia - Matt Pottinger is the son of author and former politician J. [[:Stanley Pottinger]]. He was educated at [[:Milton Academy]] and is a schoolmate and childhood friend of fellow journalist [[:John Avlon]]. Pottinger graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with an undergraduate degree in Chinese studies; he is fluent in Mandarin.
+He won numerous awards, including multiple [[:Pulitzer Prize]] nominations. He covered a variety of topics, including the [[:SARS]] epidemic and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami; in the latter assignment, he met United States Marines and was inspired by their courageousness.
+==== Early Journalism ====
+=== 2002 Hutchison's Downturn Is Far From Complete ===
+HONG KONG -- Hutchison Whampoa's stock price has plunged 60% from its peak in early 2000
+By Matt Pottinger Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
+Updated Aug. 1, 2002 ((https://web.archive.org/web/20170806220954/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1028132333960685160))
+=== 2004 - A Hidden Cost Of China's Growth: Mercury Migration ===
+Turning to Coal, Nation Sends Toxic Metal Around Globe; Buildup in the Great Lakes
+By Matt Pottinger, Steve Stecklow and John J. Fialka Staff Reporters of The [[:Wall Street Journal]]
+Updated Dec. 17, 2004 ((https://web.archive.org/web/20170806222503/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB110325317062703084))
+==== 2005 - Patriot Goes to War ====
+A young man and his ideals
+The Hill By Dick Morris - 10/06/05
+Matt Pottinger has served as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in China for nearly five years. Now, at the age of 32, he is leaving to join the United States Marine Corps.
+Matt Pottinger has served as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in China for nearly five years. Now, at the age of 32, he is leaving to join the United States Marine Corps.
+His is a story of a patriotism and commitment underscored and emphasized by the lessons he has learned living in one of the most politically repressive societies on the planet. There is so much we can all learn from him about China and about our own country.((https://web.archive.org/web/20170728064312/http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/4703-a-young-man-and-his-ideals))
+==== 2010 - Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan ====
+[[:Center for New American Security]]
+{{ ::cnas_matt_pottinger_afghan_intel.png?400|}}
+**About the Authors**
+**Major General Michael T. Flynn** has been the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence (CJ2), for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan since June 2009. his previous assignment was [[:Director of Intelligence]], J-2, for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. He has three decades of experience as an intelligence officer. he can be reached by email at michael.t.flynn@ afghan.swa.army.mil.
+**Captain Matt Pottinger** is serving in Kabul as an advisor to Major General Flynn. he was the 2009 winner of the
+lieutenant Colonel Michael D. Kuszewski Award for **Marine Corps Intelligence officer of the Year**. he can be reached by email at matthew.f.pottinger@afghan.swa.army.mil.
+Paul D. Batchelor, of the [[:Defense Intelligence Agency]]’s [[:Senior Executive Service]], is currently serving at ISAF headquarters as **Senior Advisor for Civilian/Military Integration**. He has served as the DIA’s advisor to the
+Secretary of Defense and as manager of current and **crisis intelligence support** to the Chairman of the Joint
+Chiefs. he can be reached by email at paul.d.batchelor@afghan.swa.army.mil.
+**Acknowledgements -** The authors would like to thank the staff of the [[:Center for a New American Security]], several anonymous external reviewers and especially liz Fontaine of CNAS for their help with this paper.
+((https://web.archive.org/web/20100215063118/http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/AfghanIntel_Flynn_Jan2010_code507_voices.pdf))
+==== 2011 Meet Captain Matt Pottinger, US Marine Corps ====
+The Atlantic by Peter Osnos -April 5, 2011
+I cannot do justice to the development of Pottinger's ideas in snippets from several interviews, but fortunately, as he closed out his second Afghan tour, he was **co-author with Flynn and Paul D. Batchelor** of the [[:Defense Intelligence Agency]] of an extensive analysis called "Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan." The unclassified report was eventually released by the [[:Center for a New American Security]], a **Washington think tank**. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20110409205745/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/meet-captain-matt-pottinger-united-states-marine-corps/236825/))
 ==== Pottinger Evolves from Intelligence to Policy ====