Talk:Elbridge Colby

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Elbridge Colby was the lead official in the development and rollout of the 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy which states that "inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in U.S. national security"? Source: "It wasn’t until Trump became president that Colby received a political lifeline, joining the Defense Department in May 2017 as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development. Trump’s rejection of the Iraq War and its supporters, along with his antagonism toward China, mixed well with Colby’s views. Soon Colby took the lead in crafting the Trump administration’s 2018 National Defense Strategy, which focused on China as the principal great power threat to America. He encountered a good deal of bureaucratic infighting, including from the U.S. Central Command and the Joint Staff which resisted change, but ended up prevailing in his emphasis on China, partly with the support of the Navy and Air Force." Politico
  "WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy lays out a world where great-power competition, rather than counterterrorism, will drive the department’s decision-making and force structure.
  “Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in U.S. national security,” the 11-page unclassified summary of the strategy reads. Instead, “the central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition,” primarily from China and Russia." Defense News
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Dibrivka

5x expanded by Thriley (talk), Queensgambit57 (talk), and W9793 (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 18:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Elbridge Colby; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• New and long enough, Earwig picks up things like titles and quotes which look fine to me, QPQ done. I'm a bit concerned that most of the sources are published by Colby's various employers and by Colby himself. Of the twelve sources, only three are independent, one of which is only used for the selected publication list and not for any of the prose. I'd like to see more independent sources used.

Hook is a bit long at 234 characters. Content is OK but I feel there might be a more interesting fact out there. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:54, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I’ll add some more independent sourcing if I can find it. I’ll think about a different hook too. Thriley (talk) 14:22, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

I have struck the original hook, which clocks in at 239 prose characters, way above the 200 maximum. It has been over three weeks without a new hook or more independent sourcing; if nothing shows up in the next seven days, it's probably time to close this. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:29, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Elbridge Colby stated that he believes that "the top external threat to America is China—by far"? Thriley (talk) 18:06, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that Elbridge Colby was considered for a top job in the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign, but was not hired after “prominent, interventionist neoconservatives” objected? Thriley (talk) 18:50, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

on ALT1 and on ALT2. I note that two Wall Street Journal articles have been added as sources, so I'm satisfied that the article is now within the bounds of policy. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:58, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Revert re sentence describing Colby's affiliation with the Alexander Hamilton Society

There has been two attempts (by @A1510, and this IP - 2601:14d:8480:6790:a1d2:5aff:96b2:438f, see page history) (the first of which I reverted) to remove a referenced statement that I added - "He currently serves on the board of advisors of the Alexander Hamilton Society, a non-partisan membership organization focused on US national security policy based in DC founded by Aaron Friedberg, Dan Blumenthal, and Roy Katzovicz in 2010." (source, as originally cited: https://www.alexanderhamiltonsociety.org/who-we-are)

I'd like to start a discussion here - about whether this should be removed. W9793 (talk) 01:19, 21 October 2023 (UTC)