An op-ed article in the Weekly Standard takes offense at the duplicity of law schools that appear to comply with the Solomon Amendment to save their federal funding by allowing military recruiters on campus then actively shunning them. Writer Scott Johnson, says the lawsuits filed by Harvard and others had legal merits that “rival those of obesity lawsuits brought by overweight consumers against fast food outlets.” (DR, 09/29/05) Johnson writes that while “decent military officers” suffer “the rudeness of their purported betters at Yale Law School and elsewhere in silence,” the US military “are actively defending these schools from mortal peril.” He goes on: “The rank ingratitude of those who should know better is a disgrace.”
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation hearing.