Article: U.S. congressman says he doesn't expect the United States to increase its military presence in Central Asia

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Dateline: DUSHANBE, Tajikistan The United States is unlikely to significantly increase its military presence in Central Asia, a U.S. congressman said Sunday during a visit to the Tajik capital.

U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, chair of the House Appropriations foreign operations subcommittee, said that with the first stage of the anti-terrorist campaign in Afghanistan completed, the United States would focus on redeploying its forces to bases where it is most convenient to work, rather than bringing in more American troops.

Kolbe, a Republican from Arizona, did not provide any further details.

He is leading a delegation of five U.S. representatives to Central Asia to assess the ...

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