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CONGRESS EXAMINES TROOP SIZE OVER SEAS

Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz of the USAF, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on July 7, 2004 in Washington. The Committee is looking into troop size and strength abroad as well as the readyness of the Reserve at home...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)

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