Marine Gets Iraq Reprieve For ‘American Idol’ Bid

The New York Post reports Lance Cpl. Josh Gracin, 21, who was slated to be deployed with his unit in Kuwait in the coming days, has gotten an exeption from Marine brass to appear on ‘American Idol’. Brenda Gracin, of Westland, Michigan, said “higher authorities” intervened. “‘American Idol’ had to work with Washington to get Josh out of the deployment,” says his mother, Brenda Gracin.