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Trump flunks US Army’s own leadership checklist

June 18, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Legal issues/Law, Military Leave a comment

How unfit for the presidency is Donald Trump? The term “unfit” has been bandied about quite a lot since January 2017, when Trump was

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Women graduate from US Army Ranger School: Pro and con

August 21, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Military, War, Women Leave a comment

When the U.S. Army recently announced that two women had successfully completed its toughest training regimen, my initial reaction was, “Good for them, and

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