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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Katelew who wrote (126048)12/2/2009 11:18:27 AM
From: Glenn Petersen  Read Replies (1) of 542147
 
Of course, Bush reversed that and the numbers of personnel have steadily increased back up.

Actually, Bush did not increase the number of military personnel. That number has remained flat.

infoplease.com

Bush was actually under pressure from some Democrats to increase the number of military personnel.

Would Clinton have scaled back the military if the Cold War had not ended? I doubt it.
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