In February 1998, almost seven years after a Scud missile killed 29 U.S. soldiers in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, the United States was poised to go to war once again against Iraq but without a missile defense that could insure such tragedies did not recur. The Iraqi missile that fell on Dharan in 1991 killed and wounded more U.S. soldiers than any other episode during the Persian Gulf War. And yet, despite the demonstration of the need for effective missile defenses, U.S.
Stakeholders and school presidents describe to SI the secret meetings, last-minute hurdles and one man who was a force for change in approving a 12-team format.
Congress should consider food stamps and agricultural programs on their own merits in separate pieces of legislation, which would make reform more likely.