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Under a statute initially passed in 1994 and known as the Solomon Amendment, the Pentagon can withhold federal dollars from schools that deny military recruiters equal access to students...
...aftermath of the Nov. 13 chemical plant explosion, which spewed 100 tons of pollutants into the Songhua River; in Beijing. Xie is the highest-ranking official to lose his job over an environmental disaster. Official reports gave no details on Xie's role in government decisions to withhold information from the public about the river contamination, which resulted in a four-day shut-off of water for more than 3 million people in the city of Harbin. The poisonous slick, expected to reach the Russian city of Khabarovsk on Dec. 15, has also contaminated water supplies in at least five...
...Pentagon’s recruitment policy, may have tossed away its only chance at victory by refusing to advance an argument made by 40 Harvard law professors that initially appeared to attract the support of several justices.The statute in question, known as the Solomon Amendment, allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funds from schools that deny the military “equal access” to their campuses. Harvard Law School and many of its peers require recruiters to sign a pledge stating that they will not discriminate against gays.The military, which bars gays from serving openly under...
...point nearly 60 demonstrators, including a group of high school students from Wellesley, Mass. and members of the “Raging Grannies” organization, joined in shouting anti-recruitment and anti-war slogans. The Solomon Amendment is a Congressional statute that allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funds from any school that limits military recruitment on its campus. The Solomon Amendment “is a way to bribe schools into militarization...it’s totally unconstitutional, especially considering that the military is explicitly homophobic,” said Tom D. Arabia, one of the organizers...
...statute in question, known as the Solomon Amendment, allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funds from schools that deny the military “equal access” to their campuses. Harvard Law School and many of its peers require recruiters to sign a pledge stating that they will not discriminate against gays...