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For the
Media
In
the Media
- GI
Lies (WAGA-Atlanta, November 8 and 9, 1999) The TV station aired
a two-part investigative report on military recruiting in the Southeast
US.
- Use
of Children as Soldiers (Foreign Policy In Focus, November 1999)
Provides an overview of the issue of child soldiers, documents problems
with current US foreign policy and offers recommendations for the US to
work toward ending the use of children as soldiers.
- Setting
a Standard for War (Newsday, October 1999)
The U.S. opposes international efforts to end the practice of "child
soldiers," citing its military's need to recruit more American youth.
- AWOL
Recruit Claims Fraud (The Lincoln County News, March 4, 1999)
Misdeeds by military recruiters cause a GI to go AWOL.
- Offensive
Maneuvers (Time Magazine, May 5, 1997) The Army, already troubled
by sexually predatory drill sergeants, has a problem with its recruiters
too.
- The Selling of
the Army - available on PBS
Site - search for title:
(PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, January 16, 1996)
"They're not telling you, you can go to Bosnia; they ain't tellin'
you that. They ain't tellin' you nothing about Bosnia, or, you know, other
things. They're just telling you they want you to join the army."
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