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...danger of crippling the fighting force that the nation has steadily rebuilt since the shaky post-Vietnam Army of a generation ago. Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer and West Point graduate who wrote the 136-page report assessing the military's Iraq strategy, warns that the Army cannot maintain its current pace of operations in Iraq without leaving permanent damage. Plans to trim U.S. troops there this year-now at 138,000, with hopes of reducing that to 100,000 by year's end-is a tacit acknowledgment that the Army is stretched too thin, he maintains...
...last September and forged a loose alliance with Nepal's seven main political parties. The Maoists ended their cease-fire on Jan. 2; since then they have killed at least 25 government troops and police. The King's hard-line approach has international observers worried about his ability to maintain power in the face of increasing chaos. "Continued violence and a persistent split between the King and the parties will only prepare the ground for Kathmandu's ultimate takeover by the Maoists," warns one Western official in Nepal...
...pressure on Kim Jong Il's regime. It wants less - in part so that fewer refugees from North Korea cross into China. Further, Hu believes China's own stability is enhanced by the continued modernization of its military. To Beijing's fury, Washington last year pressured the E.U. to maintain restrictions on weapons sales to Beijing. China wants those constraints dropped. To fuel its growth, Beijing also needs to buy oil without having to worry about the U.S. - the world's largest consumer of oil - working at cross purposes. That includes in places like Saudi Arabia, Washington's long-time...
...only way to maintain the integrity of the examination and to ensure fairness would be to offer all students in the class the option to include or discount Part I,” Rentschler wrote. “Had this information come to my attention before the final, I would have certainly prepared a new set of questions...
...unnamed sources in this article spoke on the condition of anonymity because they wished to maintain ties with Summers and the University. Their accounts were corroborated by multiple sources with knowledge of Mass. Hall’s strategy last year...