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San Clemente Local Wins Battle with Navy to be Conscientious Objector

The Navy has honorably discharged Ensign Michael Izbicki, a native of San Clemente, ending a legal battle waged by Izbicki so he could leave the military as a conscientious objector. The Associated Press reports that 25-year-old Izbicki was attending the Naval Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut when he twice applied for discharge on the grounds his religious beliefs prevented him from committing violence. Izbicki was twice denied. Turns out the ...

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