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...Peters, an outspoken retired Army lieutenant colonel who now writes military books and a newspaper column. While stressing "there shouldn't be witch hunts" against Muslims in uniform, Peters insists that "this guy got a pass because he was a Muslim, despite the Army's claim that everybody's green and we're all the same." A top Pentagon official admits there may be some truth to the charge. "We're wondering why some of these strange encounters didn't trigger something more formal," he says. "I think people were overly sensitive about Muslims in the military, and that...
Conflict elsewhere in the country was inflected in other collections. Some of the loudest cheers were raised for both the subtlest and unabashed tributes to the Pakistan army. Few items received as much attention as young designer Feeha Jamshed's dirty-green khaki (the army's favorite color) dress. As the model twirled on the start of the ramp, she swung open the lower half of the dress to reveal a lengthy slit...
...Although the Ivy season is far away, our team has taken small steps to prepare for the grueling weeks in April,” Green said. “The biggest obstacle—we have a young team. We’re still in search of people to step...
...make a firm decision to enable the terms of the 2006 agreement on Futenma. In late October, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pushed Hatoyama to uphold Japan's end of the 2006 agreement. "Secretary Gates played the bad cop so that President Obama won't have to," says Michael Green, senior adviser and Japan chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. "But I do not think there is any disagreement within the Administration about the critical importance of moving forward with the Okinawa realignment agreement." Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia...
...Green says that the timing is critical. The U.S. wants the decision made by the end of the year because Congress will not appropriate funds for the transfer of Marines to Guam unless the Japanese government okays the deal in time to include relocation in the Defense Ministry's budget for the 2010 financial year, due by the end of December. The other issue, says Green, is that the mayoral election in Nago, slated for January 2010, could alter the tone of the agreement if the new mayor opposes the plan. Japan political experts have speculated that such delays, including...