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...detainees held by the military, the McCain bill requires they be treated in accordance with the high standards codified in the Army??s Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation. But the administration is amending the Field Manual, including attaching a secret annex that reportedly permits highly coercive techniques. The Graham-Levin-Kyl amendment, which restricts judicial review for suspects held at Guantanamo, makes independent review of these techniques even more difficult...
...says. NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW DANGERSThere is one order, though, the women must follow.Women in the military are barred from direct combat positions. Retired Major General Kathryn G. Frost—who, at the time of her retirement, was the highest ranking woman in the U.S. Army??explains that the reasons are varied. The relative strength and endurance of women is one concern. So is personal hygiene—in a combat situation, women who are menstruating may not have access to appropriate sanitationAccommodating women on the front lines would also require significant infrastructure investments, like creating separate toilet...
...order to rebuild the muscle in his leg.“I hope to be back up and running within three months, but it all depends on how long it takes for my leg to heal,” he said.Major J. Frank Garcia, an officer in the Army??s Public Affairs Office, said the incident is “under investigation” and declined to comment further.Foreman said that this kind of attack is “highly unfortunate but extremely routine.”He explained that an average of 250 such attacks?...
...Further complicating the situation was the fact that the Army??s first research reactor had been built at the Arsenal in 1960. Though operations ceased a decade later, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) did not formally shut down the reactor until...
...Borcherdt had 10 for the Black Knights. Borcherdt hit two free throws with 48 seconds left to tie the game at 64-all. Columbia’s Ben Nwachukwu countered with two free throws with 24.9 seconds left to give the Lions (5-1) a 66-64 lead. Army??s only other lead in the game came at 36-35, when Brown hit a three-pointer with 17:27 left in the second half. The Lions then went on a 9-0 run, with K.J. Matsui scoring five points and John Baumann four, to take...