In response to charges by the American Jewish Congress that U.S. Jewish servicemen have been barred from assignment to Arab lands, the Defense Department has issued instructions to all branches of the military service prohibiting discrimination in the assignment of military personnel to Arab countries. “Individuals will be considered and selected for overseas assignment without reference to race, color, religion, national origin, sex or age and must not be ‘selected out’ at any stage of the selection process because of these factors,” said Leslie A. Janka, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern, African and South Asian Affairs, in a letter to the AJCongress.
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