Word: ralston
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TRANSFERRED. AIR FORCE GENERAL JOSEPH RALSTON, 55, to NATO commander, from his current post as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In May, Ralston will replace Army General Wesley Clark, who ran NATO's war against Yugoslavia...
...explanation for the move may hold more water. "The fact is, Clark won the war," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Retiring him 10 months rather than 12 months from now is based entirely on the fact that they badly want to ensure his replacement is General Joe Ralston." Ralston, who became vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his nomination for chairman was withdrawn after he confessed to an extramarital affair, would be forced by law to retire once his present command expires in February unless he gets a new posting within 60 days...
Speakers from outside Harvard include Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin '60, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph W. Ralston and Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley...
...Cohen has pushed for military codes to be brought closer to civilian standards on adultery after two high-profile cases last year -- those of Capt. Kelly Flynn and Gen. Joseph Ralston -- raised questions of a double standard. But to avoid a bruising battle, Cohen is more likely to seek a compromise: "In the end, the Defense Secretary will probably set a minimum standard that functions as a floor rather than as a ceiling," says Thompson. "In that scenario the Marines would still have the leeway to apply a higher standard." After all, they just wouldn't be Marines if they...
...millions of dispossessed people throughout the continent who have lost their homes. U.S. refugee policy closes the door on some of the most severely oppressed and displaced people in the world. The number of Africans admitted to the U.S. is absurdly low in relation to the need in Africa. RALSTON H. DEFFENBAUGH JR. Executive Director Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service New York City...