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Earl Boyanton

Earl Boyanton recently retired from the post of assistant deputy under secretary of defense for transportation policy, which he held from 2001 to 2008. In this position, he was the DOD's senior official focused on transportation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, spanning all DOD passenger and cargo transportation. He had oversight responsibility for the biggest transportation operation in the world.

Piracy puts global shippers in dire straits
Piracy off the Somali coast threatens one of the world's most important shipping lanes. And the threat's not going away anytime soon.