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...Don’t Tell” policy, homosexuals are prohibited from serving openly in any of the armed services. In the civilian world, this type of discrimination has long been considered unconstitutional; only in the military does this archaic and divisive attitude toward the gay community persist as a matter of protocol. The Pentagon’s refusal to alter its position concerning the service of homosexuals in the military is outrageous...
...according to company documents and former ERSM employees, doubts persist about the preparedness of the Apollo team. ERSM's "After Action Review" contains a section headed "Lessons Learned." It states that security teams should "immediately evacuate the area" if they are stopped; but the Apollo 1 team remained stationary for a long period. Another "lesson" is that team leaders should not have additional duties; the Apollo leaders also served as medics, which forced them to choose between directing the battle and caring for the wounded. Also raising questions is a warning letter written by then ERSM staffer Scott Traudt, which...
...longer oil prices continue to climb, the greater the inflationary pressures will become. Rodrigo de Rato, the IMF's managing director, said last week that if high oil prices persist, "the impact on Asian growth will be considerable." Degussa's Wagner also warns that his forecast of continued profit growth depends on the stabilizing of raw-material prices. "There's tremendous uncertainty," says Deutsche Bank's Wall. For the moment, though, Europe's business executives, policymakers and central bankers are sitting tight, hoping their luck isn't about to change...
...times of terrorism, we need to be alert to the fact that our fear of an unfamiliar terrorist may persist longer than our fear of an equally lethal home-grown one such as a Timothy McVeigh,” she wrote...
...Japan isn't the only rising power in the region. About half of the respondents felt China's economic miracle is good for their respective countries, but in places that have had recent strife with Beijing, deep wells of skepticism persist. In Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, most people considered China's increasing influence threatening...