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...speeches were going strong - testament to the lawyers' oratorical endurance. In between speeches, music blasted from the sound system. The most popular, a new tune written for the occasion, was a catchy Punjabi pop song whose refrain echoed through the makeshift stadium: "Hey man, take off your uniform. Your job is done now, time to go home." The opening notes launched a conga line of black-suited lawyers through the aisles. It was like something that would be seen at an American lawyers' convention, two hours after the start of the open...
...particularly captains, who are willing to stay in the service. Captains are to combat units what quarterbacks are to football teams: they lead, direct and decide the details of nearly every operation on the ground. By the time they approach re-enlistment, most captains have about eight years in uniform and are the most experienced officers who still work directly with new recruits. "If you start losing company-grade officers, that has a long-term, deleterious impact," said Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat who is himself a former Army captain...
...Yeah! We've got to unite by all playing more soccer," sang the chorus of teenagers surrounding Reyes. Clad in their school's soccer uniform, the youngsters had just spent the day watching their President take several long shots on goal...
...Reports of men in police uniform kidnapping or killing Sunnis are commonplace. The most spectacular of these attacks occurred last November, when scores of men in police commando uniforms - and driving vehicles with police markings - stormed into an office of the Ministry of Higher Education, kidnapping 150 people. Most were subsequently released, and the operation was attributed to a Mahdi Army warlord named Abu Dera'a. But many Iraqis believe the police was complicit in the kidnapping...
...their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders." That's the reason we have a Memorial Day: to honor those who died in uniform in an appropriate way, not with hasty escalations or withdrawals but in simple gratitude for their sacrifice...