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...Washington A New Battle Over Gitmo Closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was never going to be easy. But the latest challenge comes from an unexpected quarter. Democrats in Congress, fearing the political repercussions of moving suspected terrorists to U.S. soil, have pulled $80 million in funds for closing the prison--a political blow to President Obama, who on his second full day in office signed an Executive Order to shutter Gitmo. Congressional Democrats say the Administration, under fire for keeping Bush-era military tribunals for detainees, needs to develop a clearer plan for relocating prisoners...
...Washington Congress Takes a Swipe at Credit-Card Issuers The U.S. House and Senate have approved a major reform of the credit-card industry, limiting unpopular practices like abruptly hiking interest rates, issuing confusing agreements and peddling cards to minors. The banking industry warned that the bill, which would take effect in early 2010, could lead to more rejected credit applications and the return of annual fees...
...required student recipients to swear a loyalty oath and sign a loyalty affidavit to the United States and its Constitution.‘A VERY UNCONSCIOUS TIME’The radicalism of the 1960s was not brewing at Harvard in 1959. Throughout 1959 headlines announcing steps to pressure Congress to remove the loyalty oath from the NDEA dominated The Crimson, yet College students present at the time consistently say that the loyalty oaths were not considered a pressing issue and concerned few.Most students, in fact, considered themselves apolitical at the time and were more concerned about gaining financially rewarding...
...principal demonstrations against the “don’t ask, don’t tell†policy, the Law School’s gay-rights organization confined itself to placing pink soldiers on students’ desks and asking students and faculty to write letters to Congress. When I asked one of the organizers if his group planned to confront military recruiters when they arrived on campus—something the Supreme Court explicitly authorized—he said that it was not appropriate to harass recruiters who had no role in formulating the discriminatory policy...
...fact that the federal government might soon allow gay individuals to serve in the military openly, a movement that has gathered strength after reports that specialists in high-demand languages like Arabic and Farsi have been discharged for being gay. President Obama has said that he will push Congress to repeal the law, noting that the British armed forces have integrated their ranks without incident. Such a change in policy would strip Harvard of its basis for opposing the military’s presence on campus. Since most liberal politicians—including Obama—have criticized Harvard?...