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...thing to make a nominal change and another to make a real one. To prevent the persistence of vestigial homophobia, soldiers at all levels and of all genders must be encouraged to participate in conversations about the meaning of sexual orientation in the private and public aspects of human life...
...order to deal with the current shifting political landscape, Steele said that aspiring politicians must be honest with the public and be comfortable following others when necessary...
...track world. Indeed, the fact that little more than 25 people have come out to watch the man who earned silver and gold medals for the decathlon in the last two Olympics cannot be attributed solely to an uninformed Harvard community. After all, the meet is open to the public...
Upon arriving in Kabul last spring, McChrystal flooded the Afghan countryside with counterinsurgency experts who came up with dire assessments and stated a need for more troops. Even Gates seemed blindsided by his own general. Gates had been public about avoiding a big American footprint in the Pashtun countryside. But after the McChrystal team's findings began leaking, Gates shifted course. To me, he said, "Once McChrystal said, 'This is what I need,' then I was there. And my goal was, how do we get Stan McChrystal as much of what he's asked for as quickly as possible...
...steward of that Pentagon machine, Gates does not like to lose the narrative or flow of information. Leaks irritate him almost as much as bad performances. But his desire to place some limits on what the public sees has put him at odds with some of this Administration's political supporters, who say Obama campaigned on promises to change the culture of secrecy that marked the Bush years. Many of Obama's liberal supporters were flabbergasted when Obama, through Gates, reversed the decision last year to release photographs from the Abu Ghraib scandal as well as cases of military abuse...