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US Companies Send Translators To Afghanistan Who Are Old, Out Of Shape, Unprepared For Combat

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days of hiking with Marines through southern Afghanistan's 115-degree h...

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Don't Tell, But the Military Is Now Recruiting Foreigners

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Bush Administration, Dennis Baron, Department of Defense, Blackwater, Halliburton, Bob Gates, Civilian Contractors, Enlistment Bonuses, Enlisting Felons, Military Recruiting, Border Fence, Translators, Major Margaret Witt, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.

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Why Foreign Language Education Matters

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Rush Holt

It is no exaggeration to say that bolstering foreign language education for ensuing generations is vital to our nation's economic and national security.

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