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  • In the next four years he would play a key role in resupplying Israel in the Yom Kippur War, help create the all-volunteer military, modernize the nation's submarine deterrent, and father the cruise missile.

    William Perry Clements: Lone-Star Giant Karl Rove 2011

  • Unfortunately, the all-volunteer zoning boards of adjustment, comprised of local citizens, are outmatched by the considerable funds and perks provided by cruise ship lines, real estate developers.

    Tethered Ships Are Really Structures 2011

  • C.L.A.S.S. is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the emotional, educational and financial needs of families coping with childhood liver disease and transplantation.

    Links and Resources for Alagille Syndrome 2010

  • How do you take an event for 400 people, produced entirely by an all-volunteer, under-age-30 team, in the most expensive city in the U.S., and get an entire nation excited about it, so that you can raise at least $20,000 to sponsor 42 girls in a developing world country, where less than 20 percent of young women even graduate high school?

    Tammy Tibbetts: Raising Our Voices for Girls' Education at Internet Week New York Tammy Tibbetts 2011

  • Children's Liver Association for Support Services (C.L.A.S.S.) is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization serving families whose children are confronting liver disease and transplantation.

    Liver transplant resources and links 2010

  • This highlights the real danger inherent in the temptation to target the Pentagon for even more cuts: If we violate the sacred trust of our service members—some on their sixth and seventh war zone deployments—we risk breaking the back of our all-volunteer force.

    Why Defense Cuts Don't Make Sense Buck McKeon 2011

  • The all-volunteer crew offers both formal lessons and less-formal instruction in sit-on-top colorful plastic kayaks.

    Margie Goldsmith: Summer in New York City Margie Goldsmith 2011

  • The all-volunteer crew offers both formal lessons and less-formal instruction in sit-on-top colorful plastic kayaks.

    Margie Goldsmith: Summer in New York City Margie Goldsmith 2011

  • And it costs money to sustain an all-volunteer force, which must compete with the private sector to attract quality recruits.

    Why Defense Cuts Don't Make Sense Buck McKeon 2011

  • The US has adopted Imperial Britain's model of small, all-volunteer armies fighting in remote colonial wars allegedly to bring the light of Christianity and justice to benighted natives.

    Eric Margolis: Attention All Republican Flag-Wavers -- If You Want Wars Abroad, Pay for Them Eric Margolis 2010

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