WASHINGTON – Struggling to find enough doctors, nurses and linguists for the war effort, the #0066cc 1px dashed">Pentagon will temporarily recruit foreigners who have been living in the United States on student and work visas, or with refugee or political asylum status.

#0066cc 1px dashed">Defense Secretary Robert Gates has authorized the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to recruit certain legal residents whose critical medical and language skills are "vital to the national interest," officials said, using for the first time a law passed three years ago.

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