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...article highlighting the experiences of three members of the West Point class of '05 prompted many expressions of gratitude for the cadets' exceptional patriotism and bravery. Some readers, however, were critical of America's sacrificing its brightest young leaders to the war in Iraq...
...have always been a supporter of our troops and the U.S. Military Academy in particular. America's best and brightest make up West Point's corps of cadets. We admire them for their service and dedication to our country. All the members of the class of '05 know exactly what lies ahead for them. All the cadets at our service academies are heroes...
...combat in the Congo in the early 1960s before requesting a transfer to Saigon, became one of America’s prominent voices on the topic of Vietnam through his books “The Making of the Quagmire” and “The Best and the Brightest,” which both described the American involvement in Vietnam and criticized American policy...
...moved to Vanity Fair, but left in 1971 in order to expand one of his pieces about America’s involvement in the Vietnam War into the seminal book “The Best and the Brightest.” The book quickly became a best-seller...
...climate of fear has settled over Iraq's universities at a time when the country needs them most. Iraq's higher education system is slowly being rebuilt, with the aim of training the country's best and brightest to reconstruct a society shattered by tyranny, sanctions and war. But violence has jeopardized those hopes. Academics have become a favored target for terrorist groups aiming to destabilize Iraq and for kidnapping gangs looking for soft targets. A recent nationwide U.N. study says 48 academics have been assassinated. Taher al-Bakaa, who was Iraq's Minister for Higher Education under former Prime...