Us Troop Deployments

Virtue Out of Necessity: Bush Troop Decision Disingenuous

Lawrence Korb | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Lawrence Korb

Despite the president's assertion that the withdrawal of some troops represents a "return on success" from his "surge" policy, he is merely making a virtue out of necessity.

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Reading The Pictures: Don't Leave Me, Daddy. (9/11, 9/11)

Michael Shaw | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Photography, US Troop Deployments, Redeployment, Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Veterans, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-04-15-shaw_troops_wapo.jpgThis shot speaks -- in the media sphere -- to the kind of unsustainable emotional strain on our troops that military officials have been warning of more urgently lately.

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Bush's Troop Deployment Time Mirage

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Here's the problem with President Bush's announced reduction in troop deployment times from 15 to 12 months: it's a PR stunt. This is a promise he can throw out there, and never has to keep.

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Senior Army Officials: US Readiness Dangerously Low

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Senior Army and Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels ...

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