EDITORIAL AN ARMY OF CHICK L.A. CONTROLLER BRINGS HER EXPERTISE TO IRAQ.FOR all its special forces, its well-trained soldiers and its massive array of military vehicles Military vehicles include all land combat and transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or are in significant use by military forces. See also list of armoured fighting vehicles. and weapons, when the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local really needs to flex its muscles, it turns to ... Laura Chick - at least when it comes to matters financial. The Army has tapped Chick, controller for the city of Los Angeles
Apparently the Army's top brass figures that, after dealing with the corruption, the secretiveness and the sheer bloat of L.A. City Hall, cleaning up the wreckage of Iraq should be a piece of cake. They're probably right. At least in Iraq, they get to start more or less from scratch. And while they do have to deal with terrorist insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. , they don't have to worry about lobbyists, labor unions and an entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. culture of neglect. The question now is, with Chick's expertise at work in both cities, which one - Baghdad or Los Angeles - is likely to get an efficient, honest, democratic government first? Tough call. |
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