According to this Wiki article -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare
Clinton signed an adoption law for these dogs. What the particulars are, or why it’s not being followed, I cannot say.
Posting this thread is giving me a lot of research to do!
Even a broken clock.........
Of course the CURRENT occupant of the Oval Office, as a Muslim, thinks dogs are ritually unclean and as such only serve a useful purpose when employed as tools. Beyond that, they are expendable.