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  <title><![CDATA[Kosal Speaks at Special Operations  Forces Education Conference]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Sam Nunn School of International Affair Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal was invited to participate at the Special Operations Forces (SOF) 2016 Education Conference. The conference was held at the Joint Special Operations University on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida on June 28-29.<br /> <br />The focus of this conference was “strategic direction of SOF education and how technology and instructional methodology can be used to improve SOF-related learning outcomes.” Kosal spoke during the session “Learning Science and its Body of Knowledge” which focused on upcoming technology and science in the field of SOF education as well as counteracting weapons of mass destruction.</p>]]></body>
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