Shorter Tours of Duty in Iraq?
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”
PROgressive Response:
By Bill Scher
April 10th, 2008
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"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
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