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Smith deferred to Associate Dean for Finance Deena Giancotti, who responded that the approximately $1 billion budget would run an estimated $28 million deficit for the coming fiscal year, in contrast to the $11.2 million surplus for the fiscal year ending in June...
...stopping in New York City and Washington D.C., Brooks said, the tour hopes to put pressure on presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, and perhaps ask for meetings with legislators. The military policy first came into effect as part of the 1993 Department of Defense budget. The earliest iteration also prohibited officers from investigating enlisted men solely to discover their sexual orientation. Other than Turkey, the U.S. is currently the only country in NATO that prevents gays and lesbians from serving openly—despite the fact that other countries have proved the feasibility of open service...
...particularly since France will take over the reins of the E.U.'s six-month presidency from July 1 this year. Barnier, a former E.U. commissioner, says that European agriculture has undergone enough reform over the past two decades: until 1992, agriculture expenditure represented nearly 61% of the E.U.'s budget, but by 2013 this will have almost halved to 32%. Barnier also argues for a "community preference" which would favor imports that meet E.U. environmental, hygiene or animal-welfare rules - although such a scheme would likely meet with retaliation from World Trade Organization members...
...Smith deferred to Associate Dean for Finance Deena Giancotti, who responded that the approximately $1 billion budget would run an estimated $28 million deficit for the coming fiscal year, in contrast to the $11.2 million surplus for the fiscal year ending in June...
...Supporters of Webb and Hagel's bill dismiss McCain's concerns about the retention issue. While the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would cause a 16% drop in re-enlistment rates across all four branches of the military, the same study also predicts a 16% uptick in new recruits attracted by the benefit. The bill has 58 co-sponsors, including none other than Obama - just two shy of a veto-proof majority. It was passed last week by the House with a comfortable veto-proof majority, but as an amendment to the emergency war supplemental, it could...