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May 13th

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During oral arguments in Gratz v. Bollinger Supreme Court Justices raised questions about the use of racial preferences in the armed services. In 1999 CEO examined this issue and concluded preferences are used at two service academies. While the CEO study found that preferences were used at West Point and Annapolis, it also concluded that the degree of preference was much less than that used by the University of Michigan (indeed, it found no statistically significant evidence that Latinos were given preferences at West Point).

 
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