U.S. to Remove Up to 70,000 Troops from Europe, Asia
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President Bush on Monday announced  plans to bring home up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia  within a decade in a major realignment that Democrats said was  politically motivated in an election year.
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President Bush's plan to restructure U.S. military forces abroad includes bringing two Army divisions home from Cold War-era bases in Germany, and increasing the U.S. presence at bases in countries like Poland, Romania and Uzbekistan, Pentagon officials said Monday.
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CINCINNATI - President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift as many as 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Western Europe and Asia in one of the largest realignments since the end of the Cold War...
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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift 60,000 to 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Europe and Asia in one of the largest troop realignments since the end of the Cold War...
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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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Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, the defense secretary said Monday. Poland and Italy also announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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As the U.S. military begins the lengthy process of reducing its presence in Europe and repositioning its forces around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard a pitch Monday for moving a contingent of U.S. troops to a dormant air base near the Black Sea port of Constanta.
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The U.S. military is delaying the   departure of thousands of soldiers from Iraq while speeding the   arrival of thousands more as a way to keep more troops on the   ground to handle unrelenting violence, U.S. officials said on   Monday.
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Germany said Tuesday U.S. plans to pull out 30,000 troops were a sign Europe's divisions had healed, but communities hit by the decision warned they were headed for economic disaster.
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The United States will withdraw 60,000 to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia over the next decade, President George W. Bush said as he announced the biggest military reorganisation since the end of World War II.
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The United States, under pressure  from South Korea, has agreed to stretch over an additional  three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 American  troops, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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Britain announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of almost one quarter of its troops from Iraq in coming months, just as thousands of additional U.S. soldiers were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to restructure U.S. military forces abroad includes bringing two Army divisions home from Cold War-era bases in Germany, and increasing the U.S...
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Senior administration officials say the plan affects 70,000 or more uniformed military personnel plus 100,000 of their family members and support personnel.
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The United States has sought to put a positive angle on its closest ally Britain&#x2019;s plan to pull its 7,100 troops out of Iraq nearly four years after the war&#x2019;s start.Comment
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WASHINGTON/SEOUL  - The United States agreed under  pressure from South Korea Wednesday to stretch out over an  additional three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 U.S.  troops from that country.
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Democrat John Kerry on Wednesday  planned to attack Present George W. Bush's plan to withdraw  70,000 American troops from Europe and Asia as a threat to  national security that could blunt the war on terror, campaign  aides said.