The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army involuntarily "has risen sharply since the Pentagon extended combat tours last year," Army officials said yesterday. The program, known as "stop-loss," is meant to prevent soldiers from leaving the Army "immediately before a combat tour or in the middle of a deployment," but it is considered by many to be "a backdoor draft." |
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