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10/05/07 Gina Wood, Deputy Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Ron David, M.D.Co-chair, National Commission on Infant Mortality - Los Angeles Radio Interview


08/22/07 Would a Run by Obama Boost Black Voter Turnout? NPR Interview with David A Bositis


07/16/07 Military Recruitment Sees Decline - Part II


01/27/07 Joint Center Expert Participates in Race Relations Panel Discussion


05/26/04 Joint Center Health Policy Institute: Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Disparities


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Did You Know?

In 2006, blacks made up 22 percent of the U.S. Army overall, but comprised only 12.3 percent of the officer corps and between seven and eight percent of the combat arms officers. The combat arms branches represent the principal pipeline to the Army's senior ranks. In 1990, blacks were 29.1 percent of the Army, but only 11 percent of the officer corps.

Source: Lt. Colonel Anthony D. Reyes, Strategic Options for Managing Diversity in the U.S. Army, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, June 2006