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...psychological toll of combat. Currently, applicants’ psychological backgrounds are evaluated by U.S. Army recruiters through an interview; it seems that an assessment of an applicants’ psychological background could be conducted by a more qualified individual. The U.S. Army’s role of defending the nation is extremely important, and filling our forces with men and women who are in top shape, not only physically, but also mentally, is of the utmost importance...
...colleague of hers in both the legislature and U.S. House; he later became Maine's governor. Snowe replaced George Mitchell when he retired from the Senate in 1994. Collins, 56, was one of six children in a politically active family in Caribou, a town of 8,300 at the nation's northeastern tip, 15 miles (24 km) from Canada. Her father was a state senator; her mother, a mayor; and an uncle, a state supreme court justice. She learned her way around Capitol Hill working as an aide to Senator William Cohen for 12 years. After losing...
...conflict in Congo is often seen as a hopelessly byzantine African tribal war, encouraging the damning notion that nothing will ever change. This, of course, creates a sense of hopelessness - and nothing cuts down on humanitarian, foreign and development assistance so much as the jaded diminution of hope. The nation most in need of investment gets the least by the cruel logic that it is the most broken. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy that ultimately fosters indifference in the guise of wisdom. (See pictures of the fallout in the Congo by James Nachtwey...
...interviews with Congolese civilians living under FDLR control, I consistently heard one thing: they wanted the génocidaires out. But many believe the only lasting solution will be a military one - and no Western nation has shown much interest in shipping troops to central Africa...
...denial and equivocation, Pakistan is officially acknowledging what India and the U.S. have long known: that last November's Mumbai terrorism attacks were planned, at least in part, on Pakistani soil. On the same day that U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke concluded a four-day visit to Pakistan, the nation on Thursday announced that it had initiated trial proceedings against eight suspects and arrested most of those involved in the Mumbai massacre. The announcement, tentatively welcomed in India, will be greeted with relief in Washington, which has been working hard to avert a confrontation and to align the governments of India...