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Adam Ferguson's excellent photography brought it all back home [Oct. 12]. Medevacs removing the wounded, sentries monitoring the perimeter, soldiers shaving with whatever was available--Vietnam all over again. Until the U.S. leadership looks at our history, we will never learn from our mistakes. I was in the eighth grade when the first Tennessee soldier was killed in Vietnam in 1962, and 10 years later I was fortunate to return from service with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. Let's hope the decision makers review Ferguson's work while examining the war in Afghanistan...
Efforts to combat the urgent threat of climate change were not confined to the International Day of Climate Action. Several Harvard students and faculty from the Harvard Divinity School took part in a protest at Boston Common Sunday afternoon. The protest was organized by the Leadership Campaign, a group of students and other concerned citizens dedicated to pressuring politicians to adopt stronger climate legislation. The protest kick-started a “sleep-out” during which affiliates of the Campaign plan to camp out on the Common until the Copenhagen climate conference in December...
...refuse to sleep in our homes that are powered by dirty electricity to positively demonstrate our values, the degree of sacrifice that we will make, and how seriously we take the situation,” said Craig S. Altemose, a coordinator of the Leadership Campaign who is also a joint law and policy degree student at the Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School...
...When the chemical compound or agent was identified, HMS leadership wanted to talk to each victim individually and tell them what it was,” Cameron said. “When they talked to [the victims], they said, ‘Until we talk to each of the six people individually, please don’t talk to anyone about the chemical...
...collaboration with the U.S. News Media Group, last Friday Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership compiled and released a list of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, which will appear in the November issue of U.S. News & World Report...