Saturday, May 12, 2007

Parents are the recruiting obstacles

Military sees parents as big recruiting barrier (Reuters)

A U.S. soldier shoots at a target during an exercise near the town of Ghazni, southeastern Afghanistan April 23, 2007. Wearied by steady losses and few tangible signs of progress in the war in Iraq, the U.S. public is running out of one resource America's enemies appear to have in abundance -- patience. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - The biggest obstacle for U.S. military recruiters is not finding young Americans willing to enlist in wartime, it's dealing with their parents, according to the Pentagon.


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