WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is proposing legislation that would add 100,000 soldiers to the U.S. Army, the Boston Globe reported.
Clinton, who unveiled the proposed United States Army Relief Act Wednesday, said it should be a "national priority" to field a significantly larger military.
The measure, cosponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., is expected to cost about $12 billion, but is likely to receive serious consideration at a time the Army's 500,000 active-duty soldiers struggle in Iraq and across the globe, the Globe said.
Clinton says the measure, which is also being proposed in the House, would help the Army reduce the number of deployments each soldier must make and take some pressure off the Reserve and National Guard.
Analysts say Clinton, who is believed to have presidential ambitions, stands to benefit from the perception that she is strong on military issues.
