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Army Still Looking To Add Minority Officers To Combat Arms -- USA Today
Stories about race and opportunity and leadership touch a lot of buttons with readers and the Sept. 12 report in USA TODAY on the lack of African American commanders in Army combat battalions and brigades is a good example.
Readers — civilians and uniformed — didn't hold back. A number of blogs picked it up. Many readers thought the story was overdue, shining a light on a problem that has festered for decades, and not just in the Army. Some said it's not the military's problem to fix. Others denounced the story as race baiting.
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