Strapped for money, Army extends cutbacks
Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, said last week that in 2004 it cost $4 billion to repair or replace war equipment, but now it has reached $12 billion to $13 billion. "And in my view, we will continue to see this escalate," he said, adding that the Army is using up equipment at four times the rate for which it was designed.
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The Army's 2006 budget is $98.2 billion, and the 2007 budget request not yet approved by Congress seeks $111 billion for the Army.
About 100,000 of the approximately 127,000 U.S. troops in Iraq are Army. Most of the rest are Marines.
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Bush sure knows how to butter his pal's bread. What a fantastic way to reroute the wealth of the nation - a perpetual war on terror.
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The Army's 2006 budget is $98.2 billion, and the 2007 budget request not yet approved by Congress seeks $111 billion for the Army.
About 100,000 of the approximately 127,000 U.S. troops in Iraq are Army. Most of the rest are Marines.
[..]
Bush sure knows how to butter his pal's bread. What a fantastic way to reroute the wealth of the nation - a perpetual war on terror.
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