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As recent graduates of Harvard College, we were disappointed to read that University President Lawrence H. Summers has declined to challenge the Solomon Amendment in court (News, “Pressure Builds Against Military Recruiting,” Nov. 13). The military’s current recruitment and employment policies...
Rumsfeld has asserted that the Solomon Amendment grants him the power to cut off all federal funds for universities that inhibit military recruitment at their law schools.
That figure contrasts starkly with the $328 million that the University received from all federal agencies in Fiscal Year 2002—the total amount that would be at risk under Rumsfeld’s reading of the amendment.
Lifland also expressed skepticism towards FAIR’s constitutional claims and rejected the group’s request for a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of the Solomon Amendment.
Despite mounting opposition to the amendment, the Defense Department vowed yesterday that the military would hold fast to its recruitment policies.