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...idea: scrap "don't ask, don't tell." The estimated 65,000 gays and lesbians wearing the nation's uniform are not able to confide in doctors, psychologists and other counselors without fear of dismissal--a wasteful impediment to achieving full mental health. Meanwhile, the loss of 12,000 competent gays and lesbians has needlessly lengthened the tours of duty of the rest of the force. Nathaniel Frank, BROOKLYN...
Huddled Masses Like so many articles concerning illegal immigrants, your Postcard about the crackdown in Iowa focuses on the compelling reasons for understanding and accommodating those who naturally want to make a "better life," even if doing so means breaking the law [June 16]. But a nation must decide what policy best serves the long-term interests of all concerned. We are currently swamping the labor markets of the working poor, minorities, the unskilled and legal immigrants with millions of illegal workers who want to make a better life. Legal Americans deserve our compassion as well. Matthew Bracken, ORANGE PARK...
...those who have refused to forget--from causes célèbres like blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng to the villagers and workers who have demanded change in the face of corruption and brutality. As with its past, Pan writes, the Communist Party is still "winning the battle for the nation's future." But his book is a reminder that even in a nation of 1.3 billion people, individuals can make a difference--and that China still has plenty of heroes left...
Nothing says summer in the nation's capital like tell-all testimony in front of a bunch of members of Congress with time on their hands and the fall election on their minds. On Friday the country will get a classic: the appearance of former White House press secretary Scott McClellan before the House Judiciary Committee. McClellan served as President George W. Bush's loyal spokesman for almost three years, only to surprise Washington early this month by turning on him in his new book What Happened, a 326-page indictment of an Administration he says "chose in defining moments...
...keeps an estimated 350 thermonuclear bombs in six NATO countries. In four of those - Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands - the weapons are stored at the host nation's air bases, where they are guarded by specially trained U.S. military personnel...