The policy allows troops with 12-month orders in Iraq to have 15 days of home leave, with special preference for those with pregnant wives and newborn children.

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Applicants with backgrounds in law enforcement and the military are given special preference, but the positions are open to anyone with a college degree or three years of professional experience who proves up to the job, Minerly said.

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These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.

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