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Army

New Army Chief Odierno Cautions Against Too Rapid A Force Reduction

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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In a time of uncertainty and historic change as important resource decisions are crafted, the 38th Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno yesterday offered a cautionary note, saying the Defense Department should avoid the historic pattern of reducing the military too quickly and becoming too small. Those decisions must be made with considered thought and understanding of the “risk we incur for the future,” he said at the Change of Responsibility ceremonies at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Odierno knows…

Space

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Congress

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Congress

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