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.”
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
