He asked that Johnston's ten thousand-man force in the Shenandoah Valley join him for battle.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

While President Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 additional U.S.troops to join the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, his administration is also nearing completion of a comprehensive strategic review of policy on Afghanistan,and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

The UN is now running a special educational programme for women wanting to join the force.

BBC: Liberia gets all-female peacekeeping force

We know that when a woman can plan the size of her family, she is healthier, more likely to finish her education, join the labor force, become more economically productive and engage in politics, thus more effectively shaping the future of her family and her country.

CNN: The elephant in the room at Rio summit

To judge the impact of the pace of job growth means for the unemployment rate will depend on how many side-lined workers join, or re-join the labour force.

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