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...ruling ends more than two years of litigation over the Solomon Amendment, a law first enacted by Congress in 1994 that permits the secretary of defense to withhold most forms of federal funding from schools that restrict military recruitment on campus...
...know this isn’t about me, but hey, let’s talk about me. You criticized my “confrontational” questioning of Judith Ryan. Don’t you think that, like [New York Times Magazine reporter] Deborah Solomon, an interviewer should try to ask tough questions of an interviewee? How else are you supposed to get interesting answers...
...real close reader of Deborah Solomon because I find the New York Times Magazine so dull. There are times when I’ve found it’s just shock value for her. It’s like high concept entertainment. In some ways, the most neutral questions will prompt the most honest answers. I don’t think it’s good journalism to get people to say something because they feel awkward, make a gaffe, and that becomes news...
...Guns, tanks and planes were once simple to operate. Now, high-tech communications and weapons systems mean the military needs engineers, electricians and computer technicians just to move. The diversity of adf missions - 1,600 troops are now serving abroad, from the Solomon Islands to Iraq - demands a whole new range of skills: troops must be ready not only to fight but to tend the sick, provide water and sanitation, and maintain law and order. But in an ageing workforce where the demand for skills outstrips supply, attracting and keeping people of the caliber the adf needs is hard...
...this sentiment that makes the Solomon Amendment an extremely effective political tool for social conservatives. By forcing universities to publicly oppose military presence on their campuses, the amendment robs the universities of their credibility on defense issues in the eyes of the public...