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...These are the basic facts: foreigners are being held indefinitely at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, under orders from President Bush. The legal status of these detainees is in flux as the administration argues before the judiciary that American laws do not apply to overseas military installations. Appeals have worked their way up to the Supreme Court, which has sided with the administration...
...Naval aviator William R. Kelly, who is getting his master’s degree at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, is flying high after being selected as one of this year’s 85 Rhodes Scholars. But the selection committee passed over College undergraduates for only the second time in 75 years.Kelly, a 2005 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, said he feels fortunate to have received the award, especially considering the caliber of his competition.“The other candidates were phenomenal,” Kelly said. “You almost...
...made himself the Vice President in favor of torture." STANSFIELD TURNER, former CIA chief and president of the Naval War College, criticizing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney last week on his efforts to water down proposed antitorture legislation...
...those seeking to cause mayhem on the high seas, the waters off Somalia are among the world's most alluring. Somalia has lacked an effective central government for 14 years, and the U.S. believes that al-Qaeda--linked militants operate there. Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval unit, patrols in the nearby Gulf of Aden and the waters around the Horn of Africa, searching for suspected terrorists who may be moving equipment or people by sea or planning a maritime attack. But with its attention focused on stopping terrorists, the U.S. Navy has been hesitant about pursuing pirates...
...attendance who are planning to join the Marine Corps. “It’s exciting to see so many people in uniform with the red-blood stripe down their leg,” said Joseph M. Kristol ’09, a Midshipman 4th class in the Naval ROTC. “It’s good to be around real Marines.” In a bow to their Business School surroundings, the traditional re-telling of the Corps’ history was presented in a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation. Marines have celebrated the birthday since...