The report shows that the longstanding requirement that the government obtain a warrant was not hindering efforts to gather intelligence on terrorists after the 9/11 attacks.
The law also sticks to the longstanding requirement that women retire five years earlier than men at the same jobs, thereby reducing earnings and pensions.
The debate centres on a longstanding requirement that a proportion of US food aid be transported on American ships with domestic crews, a policy aimed at bolstering jobs but long criticised as inefficient.
Among its 64 recommendations to Mr. Rumsfeld, the panel called for revising the Pentagon's longstanding requirement that officers retire if they fail to be promoted after a certain number of years, a policy known as "up or out".
But Republicans said the measure was too generous, would pad benefits in states that do not have high unemployment and dropped a longstanding requirement that applicants must have worked at least 20 weeks to draw unemployment.
The Times reports today that Medicare has agreed to change a longstanding requirement that beneficiaries show some medical improvement to qualify for skilled nursing and therapy services at home.
In the meantime, and given the DREC's stress on the longstanding requirement for two-weeksQ, notice prior to any overflight, operational planners for this mission should be prepared to provide at least a notional schedule for flights should we get indications that the GOA and neighboring countries are prepared to provide clearance.
The reforms are also designed to end the longstanding requirement that foreign workers obtain their employer's consent before leaving the country.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that the city has finally ended its longstanding requirement to build only flat roofs on skyscrapers, which clears the way for new buildings topped by spires, slanted or other types of roofs.
