The Raven wrote in message
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My suspicion is, based on the vaguary of the article, the soldier has
requested to go on leave to return home. It's been approved so, if he
want's
to go home he's probably going to pay for part if not all the trip
costs.

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The article is referring to the program of allowing troops deployed to
Iraq 15 days vacation during their deployment. Or so I thought.

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Scott
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"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm