From: "John Beamish" 

More here:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-22T
182502Z_01_N22248313_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARMS-USA-TROOPS.xml&src=rss

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps will start recalling thousands
of inactive service members in the coming months to counter a steady
decline in the number of non-active troops volunteering for duty, the
service said on Tuesday.


On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:07:49 -0400, Rich Gauszka  wrote:

> How long will it take before the pool of 35,000 is exhausted?
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/washington/23marines.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
>
> As recently as two months ago, American commanders were still discussing
> plans to begin a reduction of American forces in Iraq by early this
> autumn.

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