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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command
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To: redfish who wrote (480)8/16/2004 10:17:06 AM
From: Ann Corrigan   of 27181
 
Bush Plans to Withdraw Troops From Abroad
16-Aug-2004 DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families.

In a speech Monday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Bush will announce one of the largest troop realignments since the end of the Cold War.

Senior administration officials say Bush's plan affects 70,000 or more uniformed military personnel plus 100,000 of their family members and support personnel. A significant portion would be sent to bases in the United States, although others could be shifted to posts in Eastern Europe, they said.

"The new initiative will enhance our ability to respond to threats abroad," a White House official said Sunday on condition of anonymity. "It will strengthen our ability to protect America and its allies and ease some of the burden on the military and military families. We have worked closely with our friends and allies around the world and Congress on this initiative."

U.S. armed forces stationed abroad in places other than Iraq and Afghanistan number about 200,000. About half are in Europe. The Pentagon advised German officials earlier this year that it was thinking about removing two Army divisions from Germany and replacing them with smaller, more mobile units.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld briefed his Russian counterpart, Sergei Ivanov, over the weekend during a visit to St. Petersburg. He told reporters later that the Russians "have an interest" in the redeployment plan, presumably because some of the countries that could play host to U.S. troops are former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact states.
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