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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (49937)	5/13/2004 5:38:36 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 74559

*Re: Version 7.2.5 - We're establishing stop loss so troops can't leave** This particular matter was a subject in U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearings yesterday. Under direct questioning, Herr Von Rumsfeld was forced to divulge that over 20,000 military personnel are currently being detained under "stop loss". He didn't go so far as to call this indentured servitude, as I've done in the past. And JCS Chief Myers said, encouragingly, that those who appeal the DoD's decision because of hardship or the inevitable scheduling problems as military personnel attempt to realign themselves to the civilian world will generally have their appeals looked up favorably. Of course, he didn't address how long this appeals process takes. <g/ng> Enlistment is looking a lot more like a roach motel operation all the time. (I.e. "you can get in, but you can't get out" -- The Orkin Man)