<p>Here’s the new find:</p>
<p>[Congress</a> stays out of Coast Guard Academy picks | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment](<a href=“http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/29/congress-stays-out-of-coast-guard-academy-picks/]Congress”>http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/29/congress-stays-out-of-coast-guard-academy-picks/)</p>
<p>You didn’t think this Congress [or most any Congress] would actually DO something about the issue; did you?
Just throw out the topic for some conversation and hope everybody forgets about it in the meantime.</p>
<p>Still not sure of why CGA should not be subject to MOC appointments. Why/How did this system develop?</p>
<p>Bill, I tend to agree with you. This isn’t over for a long shot. It will come up atleast once a yr.</p>
<p>It will tried to be forgotten just like it has been for so many years-that’s why CGA is in the mess they’re in now…</p>
<p>Not sure how the system was developed but I’m pretty sure it was hinged on the annual test-(actually a two day exam in February, a competetive written exam and the other a medical/physical exam) that all applicants took at the Academy. Obviously this was done away with but I believe this old system continued until SAT’s and ACT"s came on scene.</p>