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...from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer - "You go to war with the Army you have" - less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack such protection. Dorian de Wind Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Austin, Texas Improvising in the military, like using scrap material to add protection to vehicles, has always been necessary during battle. Toward the end of October 2003, soldiers...
...firms stand to gain a windfall from money that would flow into the new accounts. At the other end of the Street, the bond market could turn thumbs down on the grounds that trillions in new government borrowing would hurt the economy, raise interest rates and make the dollar suffer. But both assumptions may be overblown, financial experts say. Though University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee has estimated that the financial-services industry could reap $940 billion in fees over the next 75 years from private accounts--real money, even by Wall Street standards--some firms say the accounts look...
...latest rumors swirling around Annan have done nothing to change my mind. He is a believer in world justice and international cooperation?goals the U.S. has seemingly abandoned under the Bush Administration. Annan will meet this challenge and survive, but the U.N. will suffer damage. Pat Black Portola Valley, California...
This was not the last time Harvard was to suffer for Summers’ alleged doggedness. Despite heavy protestations from faculty, alums and students, Summers refused to add Harvard to a long list of law school plaintiffs challenging the shameful Solomon Amendment. Passed in 1996, the law allowed the federal government to withhold funding from institutions that denied the military on-campus recruiting. Harvard, like other schools, had declared the military’s anti-gay stance out of step with its internal non-discrimination policy. When Washington threatened to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard...
This was not the last time Harvard was to suffer for Summers’ alleged doggedness. Despite heavy protestations from faculty, alums and students, Summers refused to add Harvard to a long list of law school plaintiffs challenging the shameful Solomon Amendment. Passed in 1996, the law allowed the federal government to withhold funding from institutions that denied the military on-campus recruiting. Harvard, like other schools, had declared the military’s anti-gay stance out of step with its internal non-discrimination policy. When Washington threatened to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard...