Probe Of Re-Enlistment Tactics

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Probe Of Re-Enlistment Tactics
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Tue, 09-28-2004 - 2:50am
Congresswoman Wants Probe Of Re-Enlistment Tactics

Degette: Soldiers Said They Were Strong-Armed Into Staying In Military

POSTED: 7:53 pm EDT September 27, 2004

PENTAGON -- A Colorado congresswoman is asking for an investigation into claims that Iraq war veterans nearing the end of their service are being strong-armed into re-enlisting.

Democratic Congresswoman Diana Degette says she's heard from several soldiers who said they were asked if they want to re-enlist or go back to Iraq. She also cited reports of those complaints published in two Colorado newspapers.

Degette has asked the House Armed Services Committee to investigate. She wants to know whether the "White House or civilian Pentagon officials are pressuring the military to use coercive tactics to get soldiers to re-enlist in order to maintain the force levels necessary to fight the war in Iraq and war on terror."

Pentagon officials deferred comment to Fort Carson, Colo., which denied any effort to coerce soldiers into re-enlisting.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Tue, 09-28-2004 - 9:12am
This is TRUE!!! I know of several servicemen this has happened to, they are told if they don't re-enlist, they risk chances of going back to Iraq. And ones who were near the end of their time there getting killed, yeah, they came home alright in a box!