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...Section 8. (Corporal Klinger was always trying to get one on M*A*S*H.) An Army spokeswoman says such cases can take weeks or even months to process and require a psychiatric evaluation followed by an opportunity for the soldier to modify his behavior as well as the option to file an appeal...
...cuts against their interests. Much as they have been compelled to police immigration by avoiding productive though illegal workers, employers have been cajoled into fighting the drug war by testing, and potentially alienating, valued employees. They don't have much choice on immigration, but drug testing remains very much optional for those who don't receive federal contracts or otherwise fall under government bans on employee drug use. And as with all bad investments, it's an option a growing number of businesses are happy to decline...
...Tokyo must decide whether to adopt harsher financial sanctions in retaliation - most notably, the option to ban money transfers to North Korea. But Japan may proceed cautiously. Although Japanese frustration with North Korea is running high, there is also a longstanding fear in Tokyo that if North Korea is pushed too far, the results could be unpredictable and potentially devastating...
...appetite for punitive action is limited in the U.N. Security Council, which met Wednesday to discuss the issue. But even if military action against North Korea were a plausible option - and it isn't - it would required a greater provocation than a missile test that remained within the bounds of international...
...worth noting that whitehouse.gov, the official website of the U.S. President, offers the option of viewing that site in Spanish. I suppose if English were to become the official language, the website would have to change, and that could pose a problem at election time. Moreover, I think more revenue would be collected if tax forms continue to be available in Spanish. I suppose with the new mentality of Fortress America, if you're going to build walls to keep out the foreigners, you might as well use language to keep them out as well. Dave Horne Helvoirt, the Netherlands...