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[New Republican Party Blog] McCain Says Iraq War For “All Intents and Purposes” Will Be Over Soon: […] Century of the Common Iowan wrote an interesting post today on McCain Says Iraq War For “All Intents and Purposes†Will Be Over SoonHere’s a quick excerpt McCain Says Iraq War For “All Intents and Purposes” Will Be Over Soon Arizona Senator John McCain said his Democratic rivals Obama and Clinton have distorted his recent January comment that U.S. forces may need to remain in Iraq for up to 100 years. “My friends, the war will be over soon ”¦ for all intents and purposes, although the insurgency will go on for years and years and years,” the Arizona senator said.
[The Independent.com News Updates] Hagel concerned with weakening military force structure: "The cumulative effects of the last six-plus years at war have left our Army out of balance, consumed by the current fight and unable to do the things we know we need to do to properly sustain our all-volunteer force and restore our flexibility for an uncertain future," Casey told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.
[ON Point News] Gen Conway urges Bush to listen to Joint Chief's on Iraq & US Security: Referring to news reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates advocates halting troop reductions this summer once the extra surge units have returned home, Conway warned of the strain this placed on Marines to maintain force levels in Iraq and the inability to train for other missions. It will only get worse with the deployment of about 3,500 Marines to Afghanistan this spring, he said.
[MyTroops Blog] Military OneSource hot line makes it happen 24/7: In 2005, U.S. military doctors at a combat hospital in Iraq used the hot line to find a translator who could help treat, by telephone conference call, a wounded Nepalese soldier.
[VMVZ News] Army aims to cut Iraq tours in summer: general: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army aims to cut the lengthof deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan this summer, its topgeneral said on Tuesday, as commanders seek to reduce severewar strains on the force.
[News Unfiltered] Pelosi: Comments by General Casey Demonstrate That Iraq War ...: Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on Army Chief of Staff General George Casey's comments to reporters yesterday that the stress of repeated Iraq deployments is affecting the quality of Army recruits, midlevel officer .
[News on Iraq] US army chief urges cut in Iraq deployments to 12 months (AFP): AFP - Army chief-of-staff General George Casey on Tuesday called for deployments for US troops in Iraq to be cut from 15 to 12 months to reduce the pressure on the armed forces.
[progressnow.org Daily News Digest] Casey: Deployments strain Army recruiting, retention - USATODAY.com: The stress of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan is beginning to show in the declining quality of Army recruits, retention of midlevel officers, desertions and other factors such as suicide, the Army's top general said Tuesday.
[freecentury.com - Politics Blog] US army chief urges cut in Iraq deployments to 12 months (AFP): AFP - Army chief-of-staff General George Casey on Tuesday called for deployments for US troops in Iraq to be cut from 15 to 12 months to reduce the pressure on the armed forces. Original post by Yahoo!
[KEN MOYES' Weblog] Iraq discussion with Congresswoman Giffords: Our involvement in Iraq has subjected our military to extraordinary stress, requiring repeated deployments and allowing insufficient recovery and training time for our troops. The war has also had dire consequences for the readiness of .
[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News, February 8, 2008: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell told the panel that “the brutal attacks unleashed by al-Qaeda in Iraq and the other al-Qaeda affiliates against Muslim civilians have tarnished al-Qaeda’s self-styled image as the extremist vanguard.” He told the panel that “al-Qaeda has had difficulty in raising funds and sustaining themselves”
[Media Matters for America - Altercation by Eric Alterman] One Cuba Libre, please ...: George Casey, who says the Army is "stretched and stressed" by the constant deployments. The issue of troop levels in Iraq is going to be high on the political agenda in March, as Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker will .
[Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq] Here Come the Conservatives - Stabbing and Spitting: Over the last few days, one of these issues has been brought into focus as a result of Barack Obama's comment, during the Democratic debate in Texas that he had heard from an Army Captain who told him he had been deployed to Afghanistan with incomplete training and a shortage of materials. This claim has been roundly condemned by neo-conservatives and chicken hawks, as well as by Republican senators desperate to avoid the impression that the Administration, in spite of its rhetoric, effectively forced US troops in Afghanistan "with one hand tied behind their back."
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