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Transcript: GRASSLEY: IOWA DELEGATION FIGHTS TO KEEP DES MOINES ARMY RECRUITING BATTALION ACTIVE
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- August 6, 2007
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
08-06-2007
For Immediate Release Grassley: Iowa Delegation Fights to Keep Des Moines
Army Recruiting Battalion Active August 6, 2007 WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck
Grassley and the Iowa Congressional delegation revealed that a decision
made by the U.S. Army Recruiting Command was against staff recommendations.
Last week they sent a letter to the Pentagon asking for reconsideration
of the decision to deactivate the Des Moines Recruiting Battalion and consolidating
it with the Minneapolis Recruiting Battalion. It recently came to the delegations
attention that Major General Thomas Bosticks staff made a presentation
that recommended the deactivation of the Minneapolis Recruiting ...