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The War for Latinos
Lovato, Roberto | October 3, 2005 issue

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Focuses on a grassroots movement against U.S. military recruitment organized by Latinos. Research being done by the U.S. Dept. of Defense to find out how to make enlistment appealing to Latinos; Claim by Larry Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in Ronald Reagan's Defense Department, that a decrease in Latino enlistment numbers would hamper the U.S. military because they are the fastest-growing minority; Drop in African American recruitment due to dissatisfaction with the Iraq war; Details of a campaign to educate Latinos about recruitment, Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (YANO), organized by Jorge Mariscal, a Vietnam veteran and professor at University of San Diego.

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PEACE movements; RECRUITING & enlistment; HISPANIC Americans; POLITICAL participation; UNITED States -- Armed Forces; IRAQ War, 2003-; UNITED States
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