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...atmosphere of tension and mistrust is real - and no longer limited to the Finance panel. In recent weeks, three sources tell TIME, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has added a tax-related item to the basic questionnaire it presents to nominees it is vetting, asking them whether they have reviewed their tax returns for the past five years and can verify that they are accurate. And officials say that other panels, such as Homeland Security and the Governmental Affairs Committee, are moving slowly in vetting the nominees that are before...
Flores, 26, was told his failure as a station commander meant he'd soon be returning to a basic recruiter's slot. "He was an emotional wreck," said a soldier who spoke with him the evening of Aug. 8. "He said he felt he failed as a station commander," the colleague told investigators. "He had asked me for a firearm. I told him I didn't have one. It actually never crossed my mind that it might have been for himself." Flores hanged himself that night. "The leadership is the major cause for SFC Flores taking his own life...
...success in this artistic attempt at relaying the famed story of the Irish Republican Army’s hunger strike in the early 1980s.“Hunger” follows the group of prisoners at Ireland’s Her Majesty’s Prison Maze that demanded basic human rights in jail—such as the freedom to wear their own clothes, receive one visit a week from a family member, and organize recreational activities amongst themselves. Though the inmates first attempted a “no wash” strike, their demands were not met until...
...Mitchnick’s departure—more than just the loss of a beloved mentor—may point to a larger trend in VES. As a teacher known for her intense focus on the more traditional and basic techniques behind painting—from the origins and mixing of paints to the stretching of canvas—many view her leaving as the loss of a more traditional teaching approach to painting and a shift toward a more conceptually driven department. A shift not all are welcoming with open arms...
...seems to me that the administration is one level separated from the faculty which is separated from the students, and they all have different visions of what VES should be,” Gordon says. “They provide basic resources, but as a whole VES isn’t focusing on student needs...