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Visas for US-Employed War Zone Translators Halted

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Current Quotas Are Nearly Filled - Thousands of translators left who have worked for U.S. military units in Iraq and Afghanistan, risking their lives and leaving their families vulnerable to retaliation from insurgents who see them as accomplices of American troops. Bush sitting on legislation passed by Congress to raise quota.

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