04/17/2012
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"As I see it now, the policy approved in 1993 has worked and I do not see a need to change something that is not impacting our force."
"It is my opinion that this created a perception that the decision had been made from the President on down."
"A retention drop of 23 percent would be significant."
"I am not confident that we actually know what the impact on recruiting will be but any decrease will compound our ability to sustain the force."