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Mike Rogers: “It's in the top three of the reasons people can't get into…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Secretary Heather Wilson and Representative Mike Rogers on Civil-Military Relations

Published | Video Starts at 28:00

And then the second chapter of that, which is we could have a whole series on part of the reason people aren't going in the military too. You know the number It's in the top three of the reasons people can't get into the military. They can't read well enough to pass the test. We have a literacy crisis in America that will, I think, shatter. To me, this may be the greatest civil rights issue of our time. (28:00–28:05)

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