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“Ms. Barrett-Carter, 21, started contemplating a military career a few years ago. She said her weight was normal during high school, but then she started gaining. She weighed 263 pounds and wore size 22 pants when she first met Sgt. Memolo. The Army’s weight and body fat requirements vary based on height, age and gender. Sgt. Memolo gave Ms. Barrett-Carter a target weight of 160 pounds.” [Link]
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“On Sept. 8, the Republican presidential candidate told a rally crowd in Lee’s Summit, Mo., about an Obama video message to a liberal advocacy group. ‘He promised them he would, quote, ‘slow our development of Future Combat Systems,’’ McCain said, according to wire reports. ‘This is not a time to slow our development of Future Combat Systems.’ Flashback to July, however, when his campaign furnished McCain’s economic plan to The Washington Post, declaring that ‘there are lots of procurements — Airborne Laser, [C-17] Globemaster, Future Combat System [sic] — that should be ended and the entire Pentagon budget should be scrubbed.’” [Link]
“Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says that his country must be prepared to respond to an emerging arms race across the Asia-Pacific region.The Australian military would be built up to meet the challenge, he said.” [Link]
