The possibility of 24 suicides in January fueled the concerns of veterans' advocates who say the Army has failed for years to meet the mental health needs of troops returning home from war.
Colleagues said that his engineering background — with degrees from the University of Michigan and California Polytechnic University — and his experience as a combat navigator gave him a unique ability to communicate the needs of troops to scientists developing new technologies.
But in 1943, Roosevelt — in need of more troops to fight in the war — lifted the ban and created a segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers.
Some military officials have raised concerns internally that the growing backlog of green-card holders could present problems for a military always in need of new troops.
Argument two is that the military is in dire need of more troops and the DREAM Act allows youth who are willing to fight and die for a country that refuses to legally recognize them to serve in our ranks.
But in 1943, Roosevelt, in need of more troops to fight in the war, lifted the ban and created a segregated unit of Nisei, or second-generation, Japanese American soldiers.
After a half-century, we no longer need a tripwire of troops to force our decision to defend Seoul from ground attack; our primary concern is to defend our homeland from nuclear missiles.
As a war hero and Vietnam veteran, he understands firsthand the needs of our troops on the ground.
The order is Mr. Gates's latest foray into a Pentagon bureaucracy that he has complained is sometimes too slow to respond to the needs of the troops.
Each year, investments totaling hundreds of billions of dollars too often produce military equipment that is over budget, behind schedule or unable to meet the needs of our troops.
