Sunday, April 29, 2007

Army chief: Speed up troop hike

Army chief wants to speed up troop hike (AP)

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey speaks to the spouses of military personnel while visiting Schofield Barracks in Wahiwa, Hawaii, Saturday, April 28, 2007, during a tour of Army bases in the Pacific. Casey says he wants to accelerate a plan to increase the number of active duty soldiers by 65,000 in five years. Gen. George Casey says he wants those soldiers ready by 2010 instead of 2012. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)AP - The Army's new chief of staff said Saturday he wants to accelerate by two years a plan to increase the nation's active duty soldiers by 65,000.


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