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Military recruiters are blatantly misrepresenting the war in Iraq in order to sign up new soldiers, ABC News reported last week. The network sent 10 students equipped with hidden video cameras into Army recruiting offices in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In one exchange, one student asks, “No one is going over to Iraq anymore?” The recruiter replies, “No, we’re bringing people back. We’re not at war.” Another recruiter claimed that if new recruits didn’t like the Army, they could quit anytime. “It’s hard to believe some of the things they are telling prospective applicants,” said Col. Robert Manning, who heads Army recruiting in the Northeast. “I still believe that this is the exception more than the norm.” The Army says it will investigate.
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