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Tim Franzen is the Peace Building program Director for the Southeastern Office of the American Friends Service Committee. Tim has been a community organizer in Georgia since 1999. Tim is credited as one of the principle developers of the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition and served as the Statewide coordinator for five years.

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Georgia Law Will Safeguard Children from Abusive Military Recruitment

Posted February 1, 2010 | 16:47:24 (EST)

The United States has long participated in programs abroad that prevent the recruitment of child soldiers. But the added strain of fulfilling enlistment quotas necessary to carry out sustained U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan without reinstituting a draft, however, has contributed to a rise in aggressive recruitment tactics...

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