The Pentagon has hired a private company to create a database of students, their gpa's, and areas of study.
The database is intended to help military recruiters identify qualified candidates for possible service.
Just a cotton pickin minute, hasn't our leadership been insisting that we don't need anymore boots on the ground in Iraq? Could it be that our leadership is .... lying to us? Naahh, not in America.
I also note that we have about 17-18K troops in Afghanistan, which I believe is a high point since we went after Osama bin Laden in 2002, so I guess the mission is not accomplished there either.
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