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...Massachusetts, U.S. Risky Operation U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's answer to your question about the possibility of a more aggressive response to the genocide in Darfur was quite telling [Feb. 27]. He said, "You could end up with a lot of dead military people and not save a single civilian." The Janjaweed militia, which is doing the killing, is armed with rifles and riding horses and camels. Surely the U.S. military is capable of taking them on. Pete Castelluccio Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Silver but Unsafe? Re "The rise and fall and rise of a skating superpower" [Feb. 27], about...
Last week, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a momentous piece of legislation. The bill established a civilian review board to consider and rule on accusations of police misconduct. The board will act as an alternative to the police department’s internal affairs division, a body within the department that has no accountability to the citizens of St. Louis. Or at least that is how the Aldermen wanted it.Unfortunately for the Aldermen—and those who elected them—they don’t have the final say. Their civilian review board plan will...
...made an officer after graduating from the Oxford Training School in the top 10 percent of his class. Now stationed in El Paso, Texas, Wheeler is settling into a more comfortable routine. “Once you’re done for the day, you’re a civilian again,” says Wheeler of his life in El Paso. “The new freedom is nice.”Far from the isolating cubicles and awkward water-cooler conversations of corporate America that his former classmates are now experiencing, Wheeler reflects on his decision to pursue...
...Bush Administration plans to swiftly gut the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), claiming it is simply not cost effective. The program is slated for a $22 million cut, with just enough funds left to shut itself down over the next year. Community youth service is apparently a “luxury” America cannot afford at the moment...
...Jean Chr?tien, who had angered Washington with his refusal to participate in the Iraq war, was able to claim that Canada's Afghanistan commitment made it impossible to send Canadian soldiers elsewhere in the Middle East. Since then, including this month's toll, 10 Canadian soldiers and one civilian official (from the Foreign Affairs Ministry) have been killed and 40 Canadian soldiers injured. As the casualties mount, warns Rudd, Canadians need a full national hearing on Afghanistan before Ottawa decides whether to extend Canada's mission beyond its scheduled pullout date next February. Adds Rudd: "I think if the resources...