From U.S. News & World Report’s, “Washingon Whispers” (February 28, print edition):

After several embarrassing years of missed recruitment quotas, Navy bosses say they’re flooded with new sailors. The war has helped, says Vice Adm. Norb Ryan, the Navy’s personnel chief. But, he says, ‘the economy has helped more.’ Also, more sailors are staying in, attracted by pay hikes and the satisfaction of winning the antiterror war.

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