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WATCH IT NOW ON WWW.VBS.TV In VBS Meets Noam Chomsky, VBS meets, unsurprisingly, Noam Chomsky. One of the most respected, influential and inspiring figures in the world of political activism, as well as a figurehead of linguistic academia, Chomsky met up with VBSs Kate Albright-Hanna at Belfast University in October 2009. They discuss everything from his team-up with Bad Religion (the musical side of which he could not make head or tail of) to the importance of taking the grievances of the far rights supporters seriously, a group whose dissatisfaction he likens to that of the people of late Weimar Germany. He also covers the importance of the energising effect of the Obama campaign, and the potential dangers of "Obamas Army" and his hope that they will, like the followers of Kennedy during times of troubles, respond to the disappointment on the horizon with activism, not blind loyalty.

GULF OF ADEN (May 13, 2009) Members of a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 409 capture suspected pirates after responding to a merchant vessel distress signal while operating in the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151 is a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate throughout the CMF area of responsibility to actively deter, disrupt and suppress piracy in order to protect global maritime security and secure freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations.