Last week, at my request, the Pentagon released information on the number of troops and their respective occupation specialty that were discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for the month of January.
Tag: policy
Helen Thomas: Clinton Could Be Peacemaker
WASHINGTON – A woman’s place is apparently at the State Department.
Nicholas F. Benton: McCain’s Neo-Con Rant on Georgia
It must be appreciated that the current Russian military operation in Georgia comes in the context of eight years of a profoundly-destructive Bush administration thuggish, unilateralist foreign policy.
Letters to the Editor for July 31 – August 6, 2008
Letters to the Editor for July 31 – August 6, 2008.
Editorial: Referendum ‘A Very Bad Idea’
Opponents to the ill-conceived referendum on the May 4 ballot in the City of Falls Church received strong support from a nationally-prominent expert in municipal policy this week.
Helen Thomas: Hats Off To Admiral Fallon
WASHINGTON — A salute is due Adm. William Fallon, who tried to prevent a wider war with Iran.
Helen Thomas: Music Eases Diplomacy
WASHINGTON — Let us hope that the next president of the United States knows some history.
David Brooks: Imagining A Democratic Presidency
There’s a big difference between the Republican and Democratic campaigns: The Republicans have split on policy grounds; the Democrats haven’t. There’s been a Republican divide between center and right but no Democratic divide between center and left.
News Briefs
January 31 – February 6, 2008
Officials Concede
Admitting a City Council-mandated policy in recent years of requiring fees for youth and young adults at the Falls Church Community Center gym has resulted in a precipitous drop off in use, members of the Falls Church Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee sought the Council’s OK, at its work session […]