“I strongly believe that the American system of justice is a key part of our arsenal in the war against al–Qaida and its affiliates, and we will continue to draw on all aspects of our justice system — including (federal) courts — to ensure that our security and our values are strengthened,” President Barack Obama in a statement after reversing course and ordering a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
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“If you look at today’s battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s not like it was in the Cold War, when we had a defined battlefield. Women serve — and they lead — military security, military police units, air defense units, intelligence units, all of which have to be right there with combat veterans in order to do the job appropriately.” — Retired Air Force Gen. Lester L. Lyles, the chairman of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission, after the release of a report that said the U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat.
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“Bishops want to do the absolute bare minimum with predator priests, so they suspend them on the advice of defense lawyers and insurance companies and that’s it, the priests are free to live and sometimes work and sometimes volunteer wherever they want.” — David Clohessy, national director for Survivors of those Abused by Priests in a statement as victims’ advocates say church officials should monitor accused priests in the same way that police track sex offenders and that the church should create special housing to keep predator priests away from children.