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Article: For first time since dawn of Cold War, Army would recruit foreigners into Special Forces
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- AP Worldstream
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- October 12, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
Faced with a critical shortage of native Arab speakers, the Army is
considering recruiting Middle Easterners into the ranks of its elite
Special Forces, defense officials say.
The proposal, which would require congressional approval, has not
yet been endorsed by top Army leaders or the Pentagon. The Army's
interest reflects the seriousness of a problem that looms large in
the global war on terror: the Special Forces are stretched thin, particularly
in Arab linguists.
Placing foreigners in the Special Forces has precedent. It was done
in the 1950s under the Lodge Act, designed as a mechanism for raising
a "foreign legion" of Soviet-bloc ...