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The day of Shalikashvili's nomination, a Marine Corps blunder handed Clinton another chance to show who's boss. In an effort to reduce the number of failed marriages that collapse under the rigors of Marine life, General Carl Mundy, the commandant, announced -- without consulting Aspin -- that the corps would...
Meanwhile Clinton discovered that getting what he wanted without a fight with Congress was impossible. He had one significant ally in Senator Bob Kerrey, the Congressional Medal of Honor winner who lost a leg in Vietnam. In a speech last week, Kerrey admitted that his own experience in the Navy...
Four days later, the colonel called from his home in San Diego, and the father and son had an emotional two-hour conversation that swept away years of obfuscations and lies. "My dad found no moral problems with my being gay," says Scott. "He believes, as I do, it is...
Critics charge that the U.S. command did everything it could to protect American soldiers at the expense of an effective peacemaking mission. The Marines refused to take on the task of forcible disarmament on any large scale, even with their superior firepower. U.S. soldiers did not intervene in the worst...
That policy has done little to suppress the bandits, who at first melted into the countryside but lately have resumed depredations inside the towns. The continuing looting and shooting has prevented most displaced Somalis from returning home to their farms and fields. Particular targets of the armed thugs are relief...