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...continues to play the role of the world's police force. How much did it cost the American people to "save'' Haiti? How much will it cost the American people to save Bosnia? The problem is not worth the price of one single American life. ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Killeen, Texas Via E-mail...
...candidate declared after paying the requisite $1,000 filing fee. Candidates have two weeks to file for the February 20 vote, but the Buchananites weren't shivering in the cold alone. Close behind was seven-time candidate Billy Joe Clegg, a Mississippi minister, followed by "The Hemp Lady," Caroline Killeen of Flagstaff, Arizona, whose platform centerpiece is reforming marijuana laws...
...public, not the individual. This is a great chance for people to defend themselves." One of the most potent advocates in the Texas debate has been Suzanna Gratia, who watched helplessly as a deranged gunman executed 23 people--including her parents--at a cafeteria in the town of Killeen four years ago. At the time, Gratia's own .38-cal. was lying in the trunk of her car because she was obeying the current concealed-weapons law, "the stupidest mistake of my entire life...
...inherent lack of autonomy in a military job also sets the stage for abuse. "It's all about control," says Cindy Zamora, the wife of an Army tanker. She now lives in a shelter for battered women in Killeen, Texas, just outside huge Fort Hood. She moved there after her husband bit her, beat her and threatened her with a knife. "There's a lot of women in here married to soldiers whose sergeants protect them if they're good soldiers," she says. "They can't control their superiors on the job, so they control us." Although her husband admitted...
...abuser's commander often isn't sympathetic to the battered spouse, according to Sadonna Polhill, who is the top caseworker at the Killeen shelter. "They'll tell the wife, 'This is a bunch of bull---- quit making these accusations because you're ruining your husband's career,' " she says. "They try to make the one who's being battered at fault." Anxiety over their husbands' careers has led to a sharp drop in the number of women -- from 85% to 50% over the past two years -- who permit the shelter's staff to alert military officials to the women...