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...outdoors. Consisting of a number of workshops that focus on skills such as compass and map navigation and weather preparedness, the program features two wilderness-training trips: one in the winter and one that is geared more towards backpacking.“All leaders also get wilderness First Aid and CPR certification,” says Miller. “In order for it to be an official trip, at least one leader needs to have [that] training or higher. Some of the leaders are wilderness First Responders or wilderness EMTs.Though the leader training may strike some as overly cautious...
...interest last week’s article by Edward-Michael Dussom and Evan T. R. Rosenman about the panel discussion of ROTC challenges and am writing to address the concern that some students voiced about how the receipt of a ROTC scholarship affects a student’s financial aid...
...people are committed to make this better," Akashi said. "I think [military] action should be limited to self defensive purposes and absolutely necessary humanitarian causes, and if that policy is adhered to on the ground, I don't see any reason for us to re-examine our policy regarding aid...
...Foreign aid is critical to Sri Lanka as it struggles to set up camps with decent food, water and sanitation for tens of thousands of refugees. It will be even more important as the country tries to rebuild the north after nearly 30 years of war. Spending on military pay, pensions and hardware has put a huge burden on Sri Lanka's budget. This year, the government's total tax revenue, after debt servicing, will not be enough to meet its expected spending. And yet the Sri Lankan government has not only refused to accept humanitarian conditions on aid...
...Congress is weighing several bills to increase aid to the Pakistani government and step up assistance to the Pakistani military in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But many on the Hill worry that the money will be misspent and want to attach strict conditions and benchmarks to the aid, some of which any Pakistani government might find difficult to meet...