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...happened to be the senator that asked the question that produced the answer that got him shown the door. I thought it was tragic. It was wrong of the Bush administration to mistreat him the way they did...He gave an honest answer. He spoke truth to power."- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Head of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the aftermath of Shinseki's testimony...
...years, falling to opponents with no such affiliation. And in the last two years alone, vice-presidential candidates S. Adam Goldenberg ’08 and Nicholas B. Snow ’09—members of the Fox club and the A.D. respectively—were forced to answer pointed questions about their final club commitments during the campaign process before losing on election day.Schwartz’s own affiliation with the Fly club has not gone unnoticed by students this year.“As a member of the Fly club, it’s interesting that...
...ABOUT THE NEXT MAN’ Despite the harrowing experiences that the three exonerated prisoners faced, all of the men emphasized that forgiveness was essential to moving on from their experiences. “People often ask me if I’m angry, and I answer ‘Yes, I was,’” Greg Bright said. Bright added that he uses his personal plight to advocate for reform of the justice system.“This experience is not about me, it’s about the next man,” he said...
...Jews via Shylock. Garber seems to bring us increasingly closer to Shakespeare by means of her meticulous analysis of the character’s development over time in productions and in secondary literature. Although she reminds us repeatedly that we will never know the playwright or the definitive answer to the problems Shylock presents, Garber brings us as close as possible to this Elizabethan genius of theater. It’s a good thing that the book focuses on these better known works, as a lack of familiarity with one or more of the plays will diminish the amount...
...Benjamin Wittes, a Brookings scholar of legal standards in the war on terror, said that new President would be wise to maintain some leeway beyond the Army document. "The right answer here is not for the executive branch to have zero latitude in the highest stakes interrogations," Wittes said. "And you don't have to be Dick Cheney to believe that." In the past, members of the intelligence community have also argued for keeping some approved methods of interrogation classified, so as not to tip off enemies to what they might possibly face in the future...