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Article: United States : White House asks for $1B to add to Army manpower.
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- August 14, 2009
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The White House formally asked Congress late Thursday to shift at least $1 billion within next year's defense budget to expand the Army's active duty forces by another 15,000 troops in 2010.
This would be the first installment toward Defense Secretary Robert Gates decision last month to seek 22,000 more active Army troops over the next few years to relieve the strain of continued deployments overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The increase which the Pentagon insists is only temporary follows on already approved steps by Gates to permanently increase Army manpower by 65,000 and add another 27,000 Marines.
With the added ...