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Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Forced to Volunteer
One of the Americans missing after a supply convoy made a "wrong" turn is a 19-year-old woman from West Virginia, whose father said she enlisted because there were no job opportunities in her hometown. And Joanne wrote of the story of POW Joseph Hudson, 23, whose mother insists Hudson joined the military first and foremost for a "good future."
We're both sickened by an Army that markets itself as an easy way out of poverty.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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