A Pentagon-led clearinghouse for irregular warfare and stability operations expertise, planned since 2006, formally began operations this week. Officials declared the Consortium for Complex Operations, co-sponsored by the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, operational during a conference in Arlington, VA, on Tuesday, according to defense officials. Through the organization's new Web site, www.ccoportal.org , U.S. officials aim to share lessons learned from counterinsurgency and stabilization operations in Iraq and Afghanistan across the government. In addition, the...
