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	<description>Finding Alternatives to Military Enlistment</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What is F.A.M.E. committed to?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[• Providing clear and accurate information –    so that youth can make informed and consensual decisions about their lives and military service;
• Countering prevalent misinformation about the benefits of joining the military, compared to civilian opportunities; and
• Ending the “economic draft” by helping youth find educational and employment resources
Can We Come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School Military Recruiting Could Violate International Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 01:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jim Lobe
Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON - Pressed by the demands of the &#8220;global war on terrorism&#8221;, the United States is violating an international protocol that forbids the recruitment of children under the age of 18 for military service, according to a new report released Tuesday by a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOD officials concerned about GI Bill benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faced with the threat of a bipartisan bill to expand GI educational benefits, Defense Department officials are expressing concern that if soldiers can actually afford college, reenlistment rates will drop. This highlights not only how the military relies on the economic draft to recruit soldiers, but also how they rely on keeping their numbers up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raped and Silenced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon fails to protect U.S. troops from sexual abuse &#8212; sometimes with deadly results.
When military sexual assault survivors call Susan Avila-Smith, she advises them to keep their mouths shut while she works on getting them home.
“It breaks my heart to do that,” she says, “but I want to get them out alive and that’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army Report - Depression Up, Morale Down, Suicides Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kathy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An Army report released March 8, 2008 says 89% of Army soldiers in Iraq report low morale. In Afghanistan our soldiers are exoeriencing increased rates of depression.
The report was based on a survey of over 2,200 soldiers in Iraq and about 900 in Afghanistan. The report also includes information from over 400 medical professionals, chaplains, [...]]]></description>
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