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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13; 2006
VETERANS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
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ROTC candidates Stephen Thomas, Leavenworth sophomore, and Erik Runge, Emporia junior, stand guard at the KU Korean War Memorial during a 24-hour vigil. Commemorating Veteran's Day, members of the Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs stood one-hour shifts throughout the vigil, posting at both the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials.
Stover-Kendrick referenced classic leadership definitions by famous soldiers before offering her own definition to the cadets.
"Leadership is unselfishness," she said. "It's doing what must be done without conscious or unconscious thought or concern about how it will affect you."
While she spoke, Stover-Kendrick shared the stage with a table accompanied by four empty chairs. The table represented the prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action who could not be present at the ceremony.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com.
- Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Facts about Veterans Day
Veterans Day was first celebrated as Armistice Day in 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as a holiday to celebrate the treaty that ended major hostilities in World War I.
The treaty preceded the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, by seven months and was signed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs Web site, the original concept was to observe the holiday with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11 a.m.
In 1938, an act of Congress officially made the day a legal holiday to honor World War I veterans. In 1954, after the mobilization of troops in World War II and Korea, the act was amended to change the holiday to Veterans Day to honor the veterans of all wars.
A 1968 law required the holiday be celebrated on a Monday regardless of the date to guarantee three-day weekends for federal employees. Several veterans organizations and state legislatures opposed the change and in 1975 President Gerald Ford signed a law dictating the holiday be celebrated on its original date of Nov. 11.
Source: http://www1.va.gov/opn/vetsday/
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WORLD
WORLD Government says Castro won't live through 2007
WASHINGTON — The government believes Fidel Castro's health is deteriorating and that the Cuban dictator is unlikely to live through 2007.
U. S. government officials believe that the 80-year-old has terminal cancer of the stomach, colon or pancreas.
He was seen weakened and thinner in official state photos released late last month, and it is considered unlikely that he will return to power or survive through the end of next year, said the U.S. government and defense officials, speaking in anonymity.
Cuba has only known one leader in 47 years. Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother, Raul, at the end of July just before the government announced that the president was having intestinal surgery.
Questions abound about what
comes after Castro.
Because of the current transition to Raul Castro, unrest among the Cuban population is considered unlikely. "I have not seen one credible report about riots or demonstrations ... not one credible challenge to the succession," Latell said.
Nevertheless, the U.S. government is preparing for a range of scenarios. For instance, the Miamibased U.S. Southern Command is working with the Coast Guard and Homeland Security Department on training and planning to minimize the impact of any mass migration out of Cuba.
"We are not expecting a mass migration, but are ready for that possibility," said Jose Ruiz, a Southern Command spokesman.
The United States has long wanted to see an end of Communist rule in Cuba.
During an interview on Fox News last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the goal is to have Cuba hold democratic elections.
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