Sunday, August 15, 2004

Out of Europe

President Bush is to announce on Monday that the United States will withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in the most significant rearrangement of the American military since the end of the Cold War, an administration official said Saturday.

Bush will also announce in a speech on Monday that the withdrawal will affect an additional 100,000 military support staff and family members, who will leave the regions as well.

...Pentagon officials have said the goal is to create more flexibility to send forces to the Middle East, Central Asia and other sites of potential conflicts.

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