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Don't Let This Army Captain Wear a Beard

Uniform, appearance exceptions a slippery slope to ruin

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2009 12:56 PM CST

(Newser) – Following the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly. Capt. Kamaljeet Singh...   Read full story »

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