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Congress pushes for larger military
2003-12-12
EFL and boring crap. Found via Drudge.
Members of Congress from both parties are pushing for the first significant increase in the size of the active-duty military in 16 years, despite resistance from the Pentagon. A bill has been introduced in the House to increase the size of the Army, Marines and Air Force by roughly 8% over five years. The bill would add 40,000 troops to the Army, bringing it to 522,400, while the Air Force would grow by 28,700 to 388,000 and the Marines by 15,000 to 190,000.
Gotta be a typo
"If the administration is going to deploy thousands of troops across the globe, the size of our military needs to reflect that," says Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., author of the bill.
I’m always one for increasing the size of the military. However, I’d like to see Congress do it, and then let the military decide where these new troops are based. ’Cuz I forsee pork barrel fighting over what state these new faces get home-based.
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