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...have an obligation to protect our city and to uphold the law," Paolillo said, adding that the city would charge Busch for the overtime costs...
...take oaths as Marine officers that we will uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States, and they are exercising their constitutional rights," he said...
...Lebanon was virtually certain to produce a political storm as members of Congress and ordinary Americans questioned the wisdom of a policy they do not always understand. For the fractious little country at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, whose government the American peace keepers were trying to uphold, the event marked another terrible setback on the seemingly endless path away from anarchy and chaos...
Police readily acknowledge that force is used to uphold the law: however, many are quite reticent to acknowledge its use in maintaining order or setting disputes. The reason is simple enough the authority force in law enforcement activities is conferred by legal sanctions. Yet no clearly articulated legal sanctions govern police maintenance of order and settlement of disputes Despite the absence of guidelines, force is occasionally used--at times wisely and appropriately, at other times unwisely and inappropriately. Clearly a goal of public policy should be to decrease its unwise or inappropriate use. The problem is that it is precisely...
...campaign when he joined the Bush staff in 1979. Teeley has since logged over 600,000 miles traveling with the vice president both on the campaign trail and on official state visits since Reagan's inauguration. And after two years of writing speeches and press releases which aspire to uphold the vice presidential qualities of readiness and reticence that expected from the person who holds the nation's number two position, Teeley is ready for a change...