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Strains to Remain Despite Shorter Tours, Say Gates, Mullen

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made clear yesterday that President Bush's announced reduction in the length of active-duty Army combat tours from 15 to 12 months, while welcome, would neither end the risk the United States faces...
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By Ann Scott Tyson and Josh White

 
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