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Article: Washington to redeploy U.S. troops in South Korea to Iraq
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- May 17, 2004
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SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-17-2004
Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
The United States plans to redeploy up to 4,000 U.S. troops from their garrisons in South Korea to Iraq, shifting forces from the Cold War's last remaining flashpoint to cope with spiraling violence in the war-torn country, South Korean officials said Monday.
The redeployment signals the first significant change of U.S. troop levels here since 1992. It underscores how the U.S. military is stretched to provide enough forces for Iraq while also meeting its other commitments.
Steve Hadley, the deputy national security adviser for U.S. President George W. Bush, called South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban ...
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