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...government’s move is the latest development in a year-and-a-half-long legal battle over the 1996 Solomon Amendment, under which the Pentagon can block federal funding to universities that limit military recruiters’ access to students...
Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced in November that the military could not use the law school’s recruiting resources until the Pentagon signed a pledge promising not to discriminate against gay and lesbian employees. The military, which discharges openly gay servicemen under its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, refused to sign the pledge...
...Pentagon found Harvard Law School to be in violation of the 1996 statute, it could cut support to all branches of the University from nearly every federal agency, amounting to more than $400 million annually in lost funds for Harvard—a penalty that the Court might deem “excessive,” Fried said...
Currently, the 1996 statute is technically still on the books, Frase said—although it would be unlikely for the Pentagon to take any action against Harvard Law School—the only institution so far to bar recruiters from campus in response to the Third Circuit ruling—until the FAIR suit is resolved...
...about the U.S. Indonesian newspapers reported last week that a text message was being forwarded around the country that reads, "After Iraq, will Indonesia be the next U.S. target?" Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that foreign troops had a March deadline to cease relief operations. In response, the Pentagon called off plans to base Marines inside the country. The Indonesians also lashed out at Virginia-based WorldHelp, a missionary group founded by a Baptist disciple of Jerry Falwell's, which said it had received permission to move 300 orphans from Aceh to a Christian children's home...