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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the Army's senior leadership have agreed to delay at least until 2006 any decision on whether to permanently expand the Army, senior Pentagon and Army officials said Tuesday.
The decision could set up a confrontation with influential members of Congress who have been pressing Rumsfeld to agree to an increase in the size of the Army, which has been under strain because of the continuing deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.See the full content of this document
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Decision On Army Expansion Delayed
Instead, Rumsfeld has put off any move within the Pentagon to make permanent the extra 30,000 soldi...
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