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...Pentagon??s review of Harvard’s recruiting policy began in December 2001 under the 1996 Solomon Amendment. The amendment requires schools to give military recruiters equal access to campus facilities...
Despite 30 billion dollars in inducements, the Turkish parliament voted down a measure that would have granted U.S. forces the use of bases bordering Iraq, significantly complicating the Pentagon??s war plans. Turkey’s rebuff is a significant problem for American military strategists. But, the future disposition of a democratic Iraqi regime may turn out to be even more problematic...
...released tomorrow, but it has become very clear over the past 18 months that the PATRIOT Act has eroded far more constitutional privacy controls than appropriate. We have already witnessed the Bush administration’s callous disregard for individual civil liberties; in the fall, we learned of the Pentagon??s proposed plans for “Total Information Awareness,” a program that aims to gather personal electronic information including credit card and bank statements, travel plans and e-mail—without a single warrant...
...years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the purpose of America’s nuclear arsenal has been poorly defined. To remedy this problem, the Pentagon??s most recent Nuclear Posture Review provides a glimpse of the current administration’s vision for America’s nuclear weapons. They should only be used if nations like China, Iraq and North Korea attack areas of vital American interest, or as advanced earth-penetrating weapons to destroy deeply-buried enemy bunkers containing weapons of mass destruction. Though the Pentagon should have contingency plans for nuclear retaliation...
...already tenuous trustworthiness of the Pentagon, both at home and around the world. There is a fine line between narrow military necessity—where deception may be justified—and more general propaganda, where falsehood reinforces negative American stereotypes. This line is already blurry, and the Pentagon??s involvement will make it even more difficult to differentiate between...