President Bush will unveil the move to make the high-tech military much more mobile in a speech on Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati, Ohio, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The president is going to make an announcement about a major initiative to reduce the burden on our forces overseas," said one of the U.S. officials.
They confirmed a report in the Financial Times of a total shift of at least 70,000 troops from overseas to home bases. The British newspaper, citing people briefed on the plan, said two-thirds of the reductions would be made in Europe, mostly in Germany.
"Germany is definitely a place where there will be a major rearrangement," one U.S. official told Reuters of plans to bring two big armored units back to the United States from there.
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Since I just so happen to teach at a school servicing the children of one of those "two big armored units" located in Germany, you can imagine how this article caught my attention: like a swift kick to the groin.
At least I know what the main topic of discussion will be when we return to work on the 25th.