We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.

See also
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
United States Commission on Ocean Policy
President’s Commission on the HIV Epidemic. George W. On August 15 1990 Secretary Watkins announced plans to increase oil production and decrease consumption to counter Iraqi-Kuwaiti oil losses caused by the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.

Admiral James David Watkins (March 7 1927 – July 26 2012) was a United States Navy officer and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as U. A Director of Philadelphia Electric Co. Bush Administration and chaired U.