More Marines may be needed in terror war
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The Marine Corps may need to increase in size to sustain deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan without sacrificing needed training or putting undue stress on the corps, the new Marine commandant said Wednesday.
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As the debate over Iraq intensifies, leading Democrat Sylvestre Reyes is calling for the deployment of more U.S. troops.
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Infiltrating Al Qaeda and other terror groups will require changes in techniques and culture.
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US troops are vital to security, but pressure is growing for them to leave.
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Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
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The US says it is sending some 3,200 more marines to Afghanistan to help Nato fight the Taleban.
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U.S. Marines have expanded their role in Sumatra's tsunami relief operation after days of delays caused by Indonesian objections to armed U.S. troops and the setting up of a base camp on shore, officials said.
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President Bush said Tuesday he plans to increase the overall size of the U.S. military, which has been stretched by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, so it can fight a long-term battle against terrorism.
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Deployment of 3,200 marines will help, analysts say, but will not provide the kind of counterinsurgency now needed there.
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The idea would involve increasing U.S. forces by 20,000 troops or more in the hope of improving security.
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A small group of thinking men and women convened at Rutgers University last month to consider how order theory &#151; a branch of abstract mathematics that deals with hierarchical relationships &#151; could be applied to the war on terror.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate raises concerns that the terrorist group is growing stronger.
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President Bush has approved an "extraordinary, one-time" deployment of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan for seven months starting this spring, the Pentagon announced yesterday, while defense officials continued to urge NATO allies to supply more forces to fill a long-standing shortfall of 7,500...
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U.S. and foreign officials say it is increasingly clear that more armed forces will be needed in Iraq over coming months to secure the nation's first democratic elections, to protect against the possibility of an insurgent offensive during Ramadan.
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The Iraq war has contributed to an increased threat of terrorism, according to an intelligence assessment that has not lessened the Senate majority leader's defense of the U.S.-led invasion three years ago and occupation.
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The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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As we argued last week, one of America&#39;s most urgent foreign policy needs is to retool international organizations and traditional alliances to provide collective security against the global threat of jihadist terrorism.