Sunday, January 29, 2006
Report RhetIraq: Troop Levels
Who: Group headed by William Perry, former US Secretary of Defense (1994-1997)
Source: Alternet
Quotes: From article titled, "Former Pentagon chief sees damage to U.S. military"
The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.
"If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military," Perry, who served under Democratic President Bill Clinton, told a Capitol Hill news conference.
The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.
"If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military," Perry, who served under Democratic President Bill Clinton, told a Capitol Hill news conference.
Source: Alternet
Quotes: From article titled, "Former Pentagon chief sees damage to U.S. military"
The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.
"If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military," Perry, who served under Democratic President Bill Clinton, told a Capitol Hill news conference.
The U.S. military's ground forces are so stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that potential adversaries may be tempted to challenge the United States, a group headed by former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday.
"If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military," Perry, who served under Democratic President Bill Clinton, told a Capitol Hill news conference.
