General Nichols oversaw a civilian and military work force of about 125,000 and was largely responsible for the construction of the nuclear sites in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Hanford, Wash.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the only Cabinet-level holdover from the Bush administration, told Congress last week he would look into whether political appointees have "burrowed" into the U.S. military work force.
Needless to say, there are critical differences between the civilian and military work forces.
A weakened Mr. Netanyahu would be joined by Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, two dynamic first-time politicians who represent vastly different constituencies but share a commitment to integrating ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel's military and work force, and who teamed up to increase their negotiating power.
The Raytheon Company said today that it would cut 10percentt of its military-related work force, or about 8,700 people, in an effort to consolidate its operations after the recent acquisitions of Hughes Aircraft and the military businesses of Texas Instruments.
Also, he said, more young men than women in the state opt to enter the military or the work force directly out of high school.
Given those differences, the new government is expected to focus on domestic concerns, including integrating the ultra-Orthodox into the military and the work force and in education and housing.
Under the waiver program, states must set performance targets so students who graduate from high school are ready for college or to join the military or the work force.
Of the 360 Suffern graduates last June, 263 are attending four-year colleges, 86 chose two-year colleges and others joined the military, entered the work force or took a year off to travel.
The Torah does not exempt yeshiva students from the military or the work force, and the sages of history all had day jobs: Moses Ben Maimon, known in the West as Maimonides, was a medical doctor; the scholars who wrote the Mishnah are identified by profession — Yochanan the shoemaker, Yochanan the metalworker.
Another 2 percent entered the military, 1 percent joined the work force and the rest were undecided.
