Not only does his attitude provide job security, but he has picked up some valuable skills in the process.

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It also reflects a supercilious attitude toward U.S. security interests that is utterly incompatible with prudent and responsible defense policy.

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Job security and prospects for income growth are often uncertain, so your attitude and confidence may be as important as objective facts or data.

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This attitude of denying reality will eventually have negative consequences for the physical security of the United States and the West as a whole.

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The official line was that Mr Kerik's no-excuses attitude seemed a perfect fit for the unwieldy 180, 000-person agency for homeland security.

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