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...gonna protect me on this, right?" the magic words. When someone in Washington makes that request and a journalist agrees to the deal, a blood oath has been signed, no matter how scurrilous or trivial the information involved. You don't break the oath or even hedge on it. You agree to stand outside the law respectfully, not "above" it, and to suffer the consequences. You go to jail to protect your source, if necessary. If you do not adhere to these tribal rules, other potential sources will surely notice and you will be considered unreliable...
...TSANG, 60, bow tie-donning top civil servant; as Hong Kong's next Chief Executive, by an 800-member Election Committee; in Hong Kong. Tsang, the son of a policeman, secured nominations from more than 700 of the delegates, precluding the need for a formal vote. He takes his oath in Beijing this week and will then complete the remaining two years of the second term of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, who resigned in March...
...that very nearly became the truth. Cadets have two years to decide whether military life is right for them before they take their affirmation oath. Up to that point, they can still transfer out and owe the Army nothing. Those who stay serve five years of active duty after graduation and three more in the Army Reserve. Like many other West Point athletes, Beyer had not grown up with visions of military glory. In fact, she had barely heard of West Point until its swim coach flew out to recruit her and offered a chance to compete in Division...
...next two years, she swam and marched and studied and argued with herself about the course she should choose. And as Oath Day approached, so did a war that for some cadets changed their calculations for going to West Point in the first place. The "five and fly" kids who hoped to pass through the Army on their way to riches now found that the road to Wall Street might include a detour through Baghdad. Their families had some strong feelings--strong but by no means uniform--just as the cadets did. Parents who were once proud that their kids...
...leave me here alone. They talked, day after day. "I was either going to convince her to stay," Beyer says, "or convince myself to leave with her." On Aug. 17, 2003, in the cavernous Robinson Auditorium, Beyer and Huntington stood together among their classmates and took their oath. "We were bawling," Beyer says, "but we made it through...