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Higher salaries and better benefits would not be just a fulfillment of a campaign promise, though. They would also mitigate a threatening problem: As soldiers return from long tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, the prospect of a huge drop in enlisted personnel is looming large. In the interest of regaining the trust of the military rank-and-file, retaining those currently in uniform and enlisting enough new recruits to replace those fed up with service abroad, it is essential that much of this new money be spent on benefits and enticements for new and returning soldiers, such...
...sorted out this week, the negotiations will lapse. Consequently, an FTA won't get through Congress by mid-year, and the election cycle will kill it. If Bush is re-elected, the next Congress could be even less accommodating; every Administration has a house cleaning, and key U.S. trade personnel could soon be looking to explore new opportunities - in lobbying, for instance, an industry that is always humming
Brainard said HCL has already cut back in non-personnel areas by canceling duplicate periodical subscriptions, reducing hours at Kummel and Cabot Libraries and eliminating Pusey Library’s circulation desk and main entrance. The forthcoming transformation of Hilles Library into a “Quad library” will also save money in the long run, according to Brainard...
...already depleted Harvard lineup had to forfeit the 165 lb. match due to personnel issues. During the Cliff Keen Invitational earlier in the year, Corl had to drop out of the tournament due to a neck injury and back spasms. The extent of his injury is not yet known...
...Army. But as managing editor Jim Kelly explained in his From the Editor column, TIME used soldier "in its broadest sense, to stand for all of those in a U.S. uniform who go in harm's way." Other readers were upset because they mistakenly thought that female service personnel were not represented in our cover photo. They failed to notice that the soldier in the center of the picture is a woman, Army medic Billie Grimes...