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Shorter Tours of Duty in Iraq?

By Bill Scher

Created 04/10/2008 - 4:07pm

Conservative Spin:

"To ease the burden on our troops and their families, I've directed the Secretary of Defense to reduce deployment lengths from 15 months to 12 months for all active Army soldiers deploying to the Central Command area of operations." -- President George W. Bush, 4/10/08

Conservative Spin Footnote:

President Bush Discusses Iraq, whitehouse.gov [1]

Progressive Response Footnote:

Tour Reductions: Toothless PR Stunt by a Failed President, vetvoice.com [2]

Progressive Response:

"With an effective date of August 1st, this means that not one troop will benefit from this deployment reduction until August 2009--seven months into the next Presidential administration." -- VetVoice's Brandon Friedman, 4/10/08

Real Security

Links:
[1] http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080410-2.html
[2] http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=5CC5A67753357BE860375CFEFEA28FC9?diaryId=985