Rumsfeld says US military can cope with Iraq and Katrina - Yahoo! News
Rumsfeld says US military can cope with Iraq and Katrina - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected as 'flat wrong' concerns that the US military is too stretched to both fight in
Iraq and engage in the massive hurricane relief operation in the United States.
'Let me be clear. We have the forces, the capabilities and the intention to fully prosecute the global war on terror while responding to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis here at home,' Rumsfeld told a
Pentagon news conference.
'We can and will do both. It is important to remember that there are more than 300,000 National Guard, soldiers and airmen who are not deployed overseas. And they are available for relief and security efforts in the United States should they be necessary.'
About 140,000 US troops are in Iraq and another 20,000 in
Afghanistan."
Iraq and engage in the massive hurricane relief operation in the United States.
'Let me be clear. We have the forces, the capabilities and the intention to fully prosecute the global war on terror while responding to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis here at home,' Rumsfeld told a
Pentagon news conference.
'We can and will do both. It is important to remember that there are more than 300,000 National Guard, soldiers and airmen who are not deployed overseas. And they are available for relief and security efforts in the United States should they be necessary.'
About 140,000 US troops are in Iraq and another 20,000 in
Afghanistan."
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