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with "the cafferty file." hey, jack, what do you have this hour? >> with the united states fighting two wars and threats from a potentially nuclear-armed iran on the horizon, there's a very scary truth that ought to be addressed. three-fourths of the young people in this country between the ages of 17 and 24, are unfit for military service. and that's a national disgrace. there are a number of reasons for a lack of sufficient pool of recruits for the military to draw from, they include things like having a criminal record, not graduating from high school, or having health problems. but the biggest single reason is that a boatload of our young people in this country are fat. in a report titled "too fat to fight," a group of 130 retired military leaders said the top medical reason is young people are simply too heavy, and cannot handle the physical requirements of military service. one-fourth of americans, too fat to fight to protect this country. the report blames unhealthy food