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	<title><![CDATA[Stopping the Stop-Loss: The "Surge" You Might Have Missed]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/stopping-the-stoploss-the_b_40117.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>Today I want to use my space to share an important piece written by Iraq War Veteran Ray Kimball, who now serves as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. For the past three years, the Department of Defense has ordered many members of our all-volunteer military to remain in service long past the end of their contracts under a policy known as "Stop Loss". The piece below is a great explanation of what the policy has...</em></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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