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Next stop: conscription.(soldiers return Iraq )
In early August, about 300 Alaska-based soldiers of the 172nd Stryker Brigade, shortly after returning from Iraq, were ordered to return to Iraq immediately. Because of a bureaucratic bungle, the unit was not informed while in Iraq that its tour of duty had been extended. As a result, the soldiers and their families, relieved and grateful for their safe return, were torn apart once again without adequate time to prepare.
Shortly thereafter the Bush administration announced that at least 2,500 discharged Marines would be involuntarily reactivated for combat duty through the Marine Corps' Individual Ready Reserves (IRR) program. Both of these developments illustrate just how over-extended the military has become as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and how desperate it has become in seeking personnel to fill current needs--let alone those that will come if, as expected, military action is taken against Lebanon, Syria, Iran, or North Korea.
Meanwhile, "centrist" Republicans and Democrats alike are promoting a "Universal Service" program in which all 18-year-olds of both sexes would be required to give a year or two of federally approved "service" as a condition of college admission. This would likely include a military reserve commitment and the option of active-duty service in the military.
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- Keep Universal Service Fund (USF) Fair Coalition: New Industry USF Group Should...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 11, 2006 700+ words
...want to change the Universal Service Fund fee to a flat...Phony 'Crisis' of the Universal Service Fund," noted...expanding the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) fee paid...destruction (WMDs) in Iraq: The evidence of a...
- Universal service high-cost subsidy reform: hindering cable-telephony and other...
- Magazine article from: Federal Communications Law Journal Dawson, Emily L. December 1, 2000 700+ words
...Policymakers advanced the concept of universal service in an effort to ensure that all United...identified various areas that the universal service program should target, such as high...inherently higher service costs. The universal service program provides subsidies to high...
- Universal service: problems, solutions, and responsive policies.
- Magazine article from: Federal Communications Law Journal Hammond, Allen S., IV March 1, 2005 700+ words
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE II. PROBLEMS WITH UNIVERSAL SERVICE III. PROBEMATIC POLICIES IV. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS...CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALL PLATFORMS I. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE Affordable access to telecommunications networks...
- Universal service and the digital revolution: beyond the Telecommunications Act...
- Magazine article from: Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal LaPointe, Markenzy March 22, 1999 700+ words
...shaped by one fundamental principle: universal service.(1) Essentially, universal service refers to the nondiscriminatory provision...to be an even stronger commitment to universal service by redefining and expanding its meaning...
- Federal preemption of state universal service regulations under the...
- Magazine article from: Federal Communications Law Journal Trinchero, Mark P. Smith, Holly Rachel March 1, 1999 700+ words
...s (FCC or Commission) universal service regulations.(1) After...analysis of both the new federal universal service regulations and developments...determining whether a state universal service program is in whole or in...
- House committee hopes to keep universal service away from telecom reform.(News)
- Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News April 25, 2005 700+ words
...but the document will not deal with universal-service reform, a key staffer told a gathering...bill being drafted will not address universal service. The committee wants to address universal service in a bill later this year,'' said...
- CTU faces fight from telcos on universal service cost allocation.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 28, 2002 700+ words
...Telecom pay for losses incurred by universal service, including the operation of phone...law. Telecom reported losses from universal service last year of roughly Kc 265 million...comment. Czech law says that as the universal service provider, Czech Telecom is entitled...
- Universal Service Alliance (USA) encourages Oakland residents to defend...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 3, 1995 700+ words
...to defend and advance the goals of universal service. As part of a series of statewide...services in the information age, the Universal Service Alliance (USA) met in the East...Utilities Commission hearings on universal service. "Our highest priority in developing...
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS: FRANCE TAKEN TO COURT OVER UNIVERSAL SERVICE.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: European Report April 29, 2000 700+ words
...does not challenge the existence of universal service or the principle of a special financing...are required to contribute to the universal service financing.--Directive 96/19...arrangements to safeguard the provision of universal service and, where appropriate, to share...
- Mondaq Business Briefing -Kilpatrick Stockton LLPUnited States - Universal...
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 16, 2002 700+ words
...The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (the "Joint Board") recommended...list of services supported by the universal service fund. However, the Joint Board...recommendation? Simply because the universal service fund is ultimately paid for by consumers...
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