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...Senate resolution reflected not only poll-driven politics but also military reality. There is strong sentiment within the Pentagon to reduce the number of troops soon-no matter the continuing vehemence of the President's rhetoric-in order to avoid forcing exhausted troops into longer tours of duty. The current level of 160,000 troops could be cut in half by next summer. "The future of our military is at risk," Murtha said in his emotional press conference, accurately reflecting the views of the uniformed brass. "Our military and their families are stretched thin. Many say that the Army...
...cruelty.” One key and controversial legal advisor to the Bush administration—now on the Harvard Law faculty—was originally scheduled to participate in last night’s event. Professor of Law Jack L. Goldsmith, who held high-level posts at the Pentagon and the Justice Department during President Bush’s first term, was criticized by a handful of Harvard Law School faculty members last year who alleged that he had helped the Bush administration justify harsh treatment of detainees. But the Wall Street Journal and other publications have since reported...
REPORTED DEAD. IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DOURI, 63, former top aide to Saddam Hussein and ranked No. 6 in the Pentagon's Most Wanted deck; by the formerly ruling Baath Party, in a message to reporters. Al-Douri, whose death could not yet be confirmed by U.S. officials, has been at large since December 2003, when Saddam was captured. He was believed to have leukemia...
Greenfield is the president of the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), a coalition of 38 law schools and law faculties that filed suit against the Pentagon to halt enforcement of the Solomon Amendment. Harvard is not a member of the coalition, but the University did sign a friend-of-the-court brief in September backing FAIR...
Fallon, Field, and Minow—along with 37 fellow Harvard Law professors—signed a friend-of-the-court brief in September arguing that the school can bar military recruiters from campus without violating the Solomon Amendment. By requiring the Pentagon to sign a nondiscrimination pledge, the Law School held the military to the same standard as other recruiters and therefore adhered to Congress’ “equal access” requirement, according to the brief...