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So the idea behind this co competition is how can we make high school in particular more interesting, more exciting more relevant to young people? last year, for example. i visit a called in brooklyn called p-tech, and they partnered with ibm and the university city of new york to offer the students not only a high school diploma, but also an associate degree in computer systems or electromechanical engineering. ibm said that p-tech graduates would be the first in line for jobs. then i visited a...

A million americans. this would cost about $18 billion and would be offset by budget cuts or extending the l sequester. republicans are complaining they hadnt been consulted. the real issue is her not being offered a chance to make amendments to the bill. afghanistan could release dozens of detainees as soon as today and some are accused of killing americans. afghan president hamid karzai says theres not enough evidence to hold those men, but the obama administration say the men are dangerous ...

On this day in 1890 the naval u.s. academy played the u.s. army academy. the army/navy game started as a simple challenge between the schools. the midshipmen have been playing football for a decade, but the army didnt even have a team yet. the two squads first faced off at west point in new york. navy beat army in front of a home crowd 24-0. but the black knights would get their revenge the following year in annapolis. the game is played on neutral territory, in philadelphia. the academys first ...

Proselytize to new recruits. they said they had been subject to aggressive proselytizes and had received lower performance rufifs they didnt attend prayer group and church. they said they were told they needed to accept jesus in order to be able to do their air force jobs. around that same time, a chaplain at the air force academy spoke up publicly about what she called a systemic and pervasive problem of religious proselytizing. she was a chaplain. she said she tried to help fix the problem at ...

In 2006, some air force recruiters and rent academy graduates filed a lawsuit against the air force, alleging illegal religious coercion against cadets and pressure to proselytize to new recruits. they said they had been subject to aggressive proselytizes and had received lower performance ruf ifs they didnt attend prayer group and church. they said they were told they needed to accept jesus in order to be able to do their air force jobs. around that same time, a chaplain at the air force academ...

For the taking of an al qaeda lead jeer and to new york city, the confrontation between a motorcycle mob and an suv driver. another has been charged with gang assault. and games, well, theyre going to go on. theyll go on at military service academies through olkt. the shutdown threatened to stop activities at academies. both army, and navy are set to play on saturday. and its not just the football games. you may soon be able to go to some national parks soon. obama administration says it wil...

For the taking of an al qaeda lead jeer and to new york city, the confrontation between a motorcycle mob and an suv driver. another has been charged with gang assault. and games, well, theyre going to go on. theyll go on military service academies through olkt. the shutdown threatened to stop activities at academies. both army, and navy are set to play on saturday. and its not just the football games. you may soon be able to go to some national parks soon. obama administration says it will a...

Account. youre outraged about this as well. >>brian: angel says my husband and son are government workers. we have bills to pay and even mortgage companies wont wait until the government quits playing games. i talked to someone over the weekend who is a professor at kings point merchant marine academy. shut down. furloughed, no paycheck. certain academies can, certain academies cant. >>elisabeth: we have an e-mail from charles. government officials have no common sense whatsoever. it doesnt take...

Head gear of the mascot. i think thats nebraska there with the corn. im not sure t. big game today the air force falcons, this is a part of the annual battle for what is called the commandner chief trophy, a triangular three-way series between the three service academies, army is the other one, todays game almost didnt happen. on tuesday the defense department said it was suspended intercollegiate games at the academies. defense secretary chuck haggle ended up saying the game could be played whe...

Seasons are pretty much scrapped? >> what theyre saying right now is theyre talking about postponing games, trying to reschedule games, but, jake, the real practical matter is that the season would be basically over. they probably wouldnt play football again. it would be really to a lot of these guy just very, very depressing. and, look, to some people will just say its just football, but to a lot of these guys its very important so, theres no question this is important to a lot of these guys. i...