Military Families Question Pentagon Brass

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"It's been 550 days since members of the 94th Military Police Company left their homes.

Children have been born, marriages delayed, jobs put on hold. And family members Monday demanded to know why their loved ones are still escorting convoys into Baghdad, while other units have done their service and come home.

In the wake of the prisoner abuse scandal and amid growing concerns about the extended service being required for the Iraq war, Lt. Gen. James Helmly, chief of the Army Reserves, hosted aggrieved family members at the Pentagon for the first time.

And in meetings that lasted all morning, military leaders armed with briefing papers and a slide show presentation tried to answer their questions."

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