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World more dangerous, top general says

By Bryan Bender

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 12, 2012

Army General Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells students at a forum at Harvard’s Kennedy School that even though the world appears to enjoy greater stability and interdependence, threats looming beneath the surface -- from cyber warfare to the proliferation of long-range missiles -- actually place American security at greater risk. “That’s the essence of what I like to call the security paradox.”

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