Word: coding
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...been barred from campus. In 2002, the Pentagon—invoking a 1996 provision known as the Solomon Amendment—threatened to withhold several hundred million dollars worth of federal funding unless HLS granted military recruiters an exemption from the non-discrimination policy. Harvard acquiesced and amended its code, this fall allowing military recruiters on campus for the first time in a quarter century despite the government’s explicitly discriminatory “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
...Tuesday, Dean Kagan reinstated the non-discrimination code, barring the military from official recruiting, and she should be commended for her swift action. But although this week’s ruling was a resounding victory against the Solomon Amendment, the fate of the law is not yet written in stone. The possibility remains for the government to appeal to the Supreme Court or the entire appeals court. As the case works its way through the court system, Harvard should redeem itself by doing everything it can to protect its right to ban recruiters who discriminate. Harvard cannot forget that there...
...absenteeism is down, and citizens are beginning to respect the force again. "The only way we are going to build trust and make Solomon Islands safe and secure," says Peisley, "is through working closely with the community, taking time out and talking with them, living and working within the code of ethics." Although she's upbeat about RSIP reform and the wider PPF work in ridding the country of guns, Peisley admits there are criminals still at large and much work to be done in identifying, investigating and apprehending the culprits. Some outlaws resent the vigilance: in October, two Honiara...
Rules of engagement. That's code for what U.S. soldiers are allowed to do on the battlefield, and it's never simple. So when troops prepped for the invasion of Fallujah, a city filled with rebels without uniforms, their commanders warned them they could shoot only armed men. But the brass also told them they could shoot first and ask questions later. Maddeningly, both orders made sense, depending, as the worn caveat goes, on the circumstances...
...trapped bodies are hardly new. U.S. soldiers encountered them in Korea, Vietnam, the first Gulf War and Afghanistan. The strain of this war may be unimaginable to civilians Stateside, but it is nevertheless what the troops are trained to manage. And they know that under the Pentagon's Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva convention, a soldier who shoots an unarmed, wounded combatant can be found guilty of murder...