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Jim Webb: I wrote and introduced my first day in office, that 75 percent of the soldiers in the Army leave the military on or…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I wrote and introduced my first day in office, that 75 percent of the soldiers in the Army leave the military on or before the end of their first enlistment.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb discusses the high turnover rate of soldiers in the Army.

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