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Thursday, February 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Out of jail, into the Army

Facing an enlistment crisis, the Army is granting "waivers" to an increasingly high percentage of recruits with criminal records -- and trying to hide it.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006 07:50 PM

    I smell

    a draft coming...that or recruiting grandmothers.

    —LKB Read LKB's other letters

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