Yesterday, President Bush announced his intention to increase the “overall size” of the Army,
acknowledging that the current forces were “stressed.” The Washington
Post reports he’s considering an increase of 50,000-70,000 troops.
On June 3, 2004, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) — campaigning for the presidency — proposed expanding the Army by 40,000 troops. Bush quickly slammed the proposal as unnecessary and counter-productive:
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