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Article: Joint chiefs nominee sees U.S. in Iraq 'years, not months'.
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Byline: Dale Eisman
Aug. 1--WASHINGTON
American forces are likely to remain in Iraq for "years, not months," but the United States must reduce its involvement in that country beginning next spring to rest troops and repair and replace their equipment, according to President Bush's nominee to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"I do not take for granted the service of our people or their families.... The U.S. military remains the strongest in all the world, but it is not unbreakable," Adm. Mike Mullen, currently the chief of naval operations, said Tuesday. "Force reset, in all its forms, cannot wait until the war in Iraq is over."
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