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Dem. Rep. Wants Probe of Army Recruiting Methods

HeadlineSep 29, 2004

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette is demanding a congressional investigation into allegations that the all-volunteer US Army is trying to coerce soldiers to re-enlist. The Democrat’s request comes after the Rocky Mountain News reported that soldiers stationed at Fort Carson were threatened to be sent to Iraq if they did not re-enlist for three more years. DeGette called the reports “disturbing,” and said US soldiers who had honorably fought in Iraq and were near the end of their service “should not be threatened with impressment.”

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