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Mazie Hirono: a huge percentage of them are not able to join. Maybe 75 percent--that's a number that I came across in some other…

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
a huge percentage of them are not able to join. Maybe 75 percent--that's a number that I came across in some other setting--are not qualified, a lot of them due to the fact that they may not have high school degrees.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono notes that many youth are unqualified to join the military.

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