<![CDATA[A Six-Figure Solution Missing One Common-Sense Addition]]>

1.0 link 116975 <![CDATA[A Six-Figure Solution Missing One Common-Sense Addition]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ralls/a-six-figure-solution-mis_b_116975.html A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the picture on the ground in Iraq is quickly making military personnel who can translate Arabic priceless.

This morning's Christian Science Monitor reports that the Army is preparing to offer a staggering $150,000 retention bonus to service members who are proficient in Arabic, "in reflection of how critical it has become for the US military to retain native language and cultural know-how in its ranks." Indeed, as the war in Iraq...

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