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To: KLP who wrote (117598)	6/1/2005 8:31:35 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) of 794001

"Military recruiting is instrumental to our readiness and merits the earliest release of data. But at the same time, this information must be reasonably scrutinized and explained to the public, which deserves the fullest insight into military performance in this important area," Krenke said. Asked whether the move would simply delay the release of bad news, Krenke said, "That's not necessarily true," noting that "we expect the numbers to improve during the summer months." If military recruiting now, for the first time, must be micro-managed at DOD level, we are in deep doodoo. The second paragraph above is pure spin. Sure reenlistments may increase this summer, but so do the quotas. The fact is the Army recruited only 42% of their 2005 goal in the first 7 months. Notice also that nobody is talking about the 30,000 man increase the Army was ordered to recruit this year. That idea just fizzled. It was an impossible mission. Yet they still need those men. It will be interesting to see how DOD spins it. The $20,000 bonus to enlist in May just expired. I wonder if all this money is having a positive effect. I still doubt it will.

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