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Efforts to claw back recruitment bonuses generates outrage

Clip: 10/26/2016 | 7m 13s

How Pentagon efforts to claw back recruitment bonuses have affected soldiers.

Amid a mounting outcry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter halted Pentagon efforts to recollect money given to thousands of California National Guard members. Soldiers were asked to repay bonuses of $15,000 or more, which had been doled out improperly by recruiters during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Cloud of the Los Angeles Times and Sgt. 1st Class Robert Richmond.

10/26/2016 | Rating NR

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