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...life is the purest expression of happiness we have at Harvard, because whatever we do within our houses, we do for our own enjoyment. Ordinarily, we are quick to sacrifice sleep and meals and socializing upon the altar of a distant future, but in our houses we celebrate the present. The fact that we give so much of our time—which we seem to value above all other things—to make our living environments better is as heartening as it is unexpected...
...true for the people in the US. But I think it is a fair question of whether that would be true for the detainees. The treating physicians do not really develop true psychotherapist-patient relationships - they do not use their real names; most do their counseling with guards present; and there is no significant possibility they will join the US population after their release. I submit MCRE 513 is not appropriate as a policy matter for the detainees...
...language of the MCA (949a(b)(1)(B), 949d(a)(2), and 949d(b), in particular) is unequivocal: except for clearly defined situations, the accused "shall be present at all sessions." Article 39, UCMJ, is even more stringent; the only provision for conducting a session outside the accused's presence is if the accused is accompanied by counsel at a VTC location for an Article 39(a) session. Nonetheless, based on early military case law, a court-martial is permitted by RCM 804 to proceed, even through findings and sentence, in the event of post-arraignment, voluntary absence...
...Unless removed for cause by the military judge, an accused who has voluntarily absented himself from the proceedings may elect to be present at any future session of the commission. Following such an election, at the accused's first renewed presence at the proceedings, the military judge may conduct such inquiry as may be necessary in the interests of decorum and the integrity of the proceedings...
Faced with a rapidly spreading insurgency that threatens to overturn seven years of incremental progress in Afghanistan - a survey released Monday by the International Council on Security and Development reports that the Taliban are present in 72% of the country - the U.S. and its allies are struggling to find a new strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. President George W. Bush has announced that about 4,500 more soldiers will be sent there early in the new year, but that is a fraction of what General David McKiernan, head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, has said that he needs to successfully conduct...