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Putting a Stop to Stop Loss

Pentagon ends the back-door draft, but critics fear a return with Afghanistan surge.

By Christopher Moraff

On March 18, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the Pentagon will no longer use the controversial “stop loss” policy to extend service members’ enlistment. For Army Sgt. Casey Porter, it’s a welcome decision, although it comes too late for him. In March 2008, two months after he was supposed to be discharged from the Army, Porter shipped out for his… return to article

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