    Presidents George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama and Donald J. Trump all sat in office while American troops were stationed at risk in Afghanistan.  Bush, who initiated the Gulf War, also sent troops into Afghanistan to seek out Osama Bin Laden who had been responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Claiming intelligence had pointed to Afghanistan as the harboring territory of Bin Laden, the U.S. military and a coalition of countries went after Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Black Businesses Need to Handle Business
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    Recently, a contentious exchange between lobbyist Barney Bishop and state representative Ramon Alexander expounded on the powder keg that is currently race relations in America. Bishop, arguing in favor of HB233, a bill that would âprohibit State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech.â In short, it would open college campuses in the state university system to anyone who wishes to speak on campus.
    Whatever happened to compromise? We canât actually believe that we are always right can we? The only way our country can begin to heal is through compromise.Â
    Beginning with the oversight of the state universities by the board of regents and continuing with the board of governors, FAMU, with its unique mission has been gradually lumped into the grouping of major state universities. This occurred while FAMU was still being funded basically as a specialty institution, with its mission to educate blacks. Gradually the metrics of FAMUâs success became morphed into a rubric of performance funding measured against programs with exponential funding by the state.