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...with alternatives. These efforts will cut billions of tons of greenhouse gases. With the U.S. investing more than any other nation to advance new technologies, Sachs should join the country in urging the rest of the G-8 and other major countries to do their part. James L. Connaughton, Chairman, WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WASHINGTON...
...first step toward inclusion in the greater American dream. It's a bittersweet holiday, "a time of celebration, but also a time of reflection, healing, and hopefully a time for the country to come together and deal with its slave legacy," says the Rev. Ronald V. Meyers, chairman of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation. Meyers has worked for almost 15 years to get Juneteenth recognized by state legislatures. Currently, a little more than half of U.S. states acknowledge Juneteenth in some form or another, usually on the third Saturday of June. (Read "For African Americans, Uncovering a Painful Past...
...words of committee chairman, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, evidence at the hearing showed "how techniques, which are used teach American soldiers to resist abusive interrogations by enemies that refuse to follow the Geneva Conventions, were turned on their head and sanctioned by Department of Defense officials for use" on prisoners held...
...massive proportions." He had been one of very few senior Pentagon officials to protest at the time, and his objections led to the cancellation of some of the program's worst aspects. But both Beaver and Rear Admiral Jane G. Dalton, the former top legal advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave answers that were repeatedly challenged by Senators. When both asserted that the use of dogs and stripping prisoners naked had never been authorized at Guantanamo, their attention was drawn to just such an apparent authorization being cited in documents that both conceded they...
...Hugh Shelton, the retired Army general who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 until just after 9/11, has long been seen as a Clinton loyalist. But his soft-spoken nature and paratrooper bona fides might make him a good fit with Obama. He was severely injured shortly after his retirement when he fell from a ladder while working in his yard (something he didn't have to do as a general), but friends say he has recovered well...