Pentagon Plans Troop Extension for Iraq

April 11th, 2007

Via: AP / San Francisco Chronicle:

The Pentagon will lengthen tours of duty for all active-duty Army units in Iraq to 15 months from the current 12 months as the military struggles to supply enough troops for the conflict, two defense officials said Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to announce the decision Wednesday afternoon, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

It is the latest move by the Pentagon to cope with the strains of fighting two wars simultaneously and maintaining a higher troop level in Iraq as part of President Bush’s revised strategy for stabilizing Baghdad.

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One Response to “Pentagon Plans Troop Extension for Iraq”

  1. George Kenney says:

    If you think that is treating soldiers badly, just wait to you see what they have in mind for us.

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