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From http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39027

Defense to begin recruiting foreign language corps
By Brittany R. Ballenstedt
January 15, 2008

The Defense Department is assembling a corps of people fluent in critical foreign languages to serve the nation during times of emergency or international need.

By 2010, the department will recruit at least 1,000 people to serve in the new National Language Service Corps, said Gail McGinn, deputy undersecretary of Defense for plans and head of the Defense Senior Language Authority. "We're going out to America and asking those who have foreign language skills to come and use them in support of the U.S. government," she said.

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