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By Ann Scott Tyson / The Bulletin
March 19, 2009
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday the Army will virtually eliminate the unpopular practice of “stop loss” — or mandating that soldiers stay in the Army beyond their service obligation — by March 2011 and will offer....