Germans Wary of U.S. Troop Withdrawal
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European and Asian countries with U.S. troops have braced for the changes for several years, but Bush's announcement Monday that up to 70,000 uniformed personnel and 100,000 dependents will gradually be moved ...
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended Germany's troop deployment in Afghanistan, even as a kidnapped German was found dead there and government officials warned the country is facing a higher risk of terrorist attacks.
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A U.S. air base in western Germany  received a bomb threat on Monday evening, prompting a large  operation by local police and American forces to secure the  site, police said on Tuesday.
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A possible visit to Germany by Donald Rumsfeld may be at risk over a move to indict him there for war crimes.
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The U.S. military will keep a significant troop presence in Germany and even expand some bases, a senior U.S. commander said Thursday, despite the planned withdrawal of two Cold War-era divisions over the next decade.
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To ensure soldiers at this U.S. base in southwest Germany could participate in the Nov.
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The United States will withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia over the next decade in a move to meet the new threats facing the world, President George W. Bush said.
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The United States plans to station a new Stryker armored vehicle brigade in southeastern Germany as early as 2006, just as it starts withdrawing some 30,000 troops from the country as part of a major force realignment.
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Germany will be hit harder than any other country by US President George W. Bush's announcement on Monday that the Pentagon will withdraw 70,000 troops from overseas and return them to US bases, US officials ...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert  Gates sought on Saturday to soothe tensions with Germany over  NATO's Afghan mission, saying relations would not suffer if  Berlin did not provide more troops.
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With the United States turning up pressure on European allies to stump up more troops for Afghanistan, reports here suggested Germany is considering sending reinforcements.
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More than 70 U.S. soldiers from Iraq were flown Saturday to a military hospital in Germany, most of them wounded in the battle for Fallujah, officials said.
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Germany will not bow to terrorist threats demanding the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday.
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US troops are vital to security, but pressure is growing for them to leave.
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Two U.S. Army divisions will leave Cold War-era bases in Germany over the next decade, and the U.S. military will increase its presence in former Warsaw Pact countries under President George W. Bush's ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel  has no plans to boost the number of German troops in  Afghanistan or shift them to other parts of the country despite  mounting U.S. pressure, a government spokesman said on  Saturday.
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Germany believes its troops should remain in Afghanistan until the country can take care of its own security needs, according to an internal government document obtained by AFP.