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...Rebellion Your story on the growing number of retired generals calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign [April 24] showed that our military's patriotism, diligence and other commendable character traits are of little value to the nation when our civilian leaders have poor judgment. Lawrence H. Gordon Honolulu...
...weeks ago Labour took a drubbing, slumping to third place behind the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Polls indicate that people now consider Labour sleazier and more internally divided than the Tories. And Blair's a lame duck to boot. To secure the help of Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, his impatient heir apparent, in last year's election, Blair declared he would quit during this Parliament: effectively no later than 2009. Already half of voters want him to go by the end of the year; 36% say immediately. To prolong his clout he refuses to set a date...
...this week. Having led the Labour Party to a historic third term victory just a year ago, he now confronts a party in turmoil, dominated by the question of when exactly he will vacate 10 Downing St., presumably to make room for his long-time ally and sometime rival Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
...traits are of little value to the nation when our civilian leaders have poor judgment. Despite all his experience and expertise, Rumsfeld has shown poor judgment. And George W. Bush's failure to accept Rumsfeld's offers of resignation suggests that the President also has poor judgment. Lawrence H. Gordon Honolulu How can we as american citizens have any respect for those retired generals who spent their careers at the public trough and now want to destroy the boss they sucked up to while in command? They need to spend their time playing golf and sipping martinis at the club...
...decision was handed down after Sprague first reduced all charges to only possession of marijuana, according to Sherman. The three DeWolfe roommates—Jason R. Gardner '07, Mathias G. Gordon '07, and Nathan O. Simmons '07—were originally charged with possession with intent to distribute and committing a drug offense within a school zone, which carries a minimum of two years in prison if convicted. A fourth student, Zoe A. Strominger '07, who does not live in the DeWolfe dorm room but was present when police arrived, was only charged with possession that night. The charge against...