US Military Granting More Waivers to Recruits With Criminal Records

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As the U.S. military confronts a dwindling pool of volunteers, the number of felony waivers granted to recruits has more than doubled since the Iraq war began, growing from 411 in 2003 to 901 in 2006, or about one in 10 of the moral waivers approved that year. The military has also relaxed other standards by increasing its age limit for recruits from 35 to 42, and accepting more people whose scores on a standardized aptitude test are at the lower end of the acceptable range.