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Colin Powell: the Army is so strained, that it is close to being broken, that this is a clear priority the president has to come up…

On the recordDecember 18, 2006
the Army is so strained, that it is close to being broken, that this is a clear priority the president has to come up with.
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Colin Powell

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Colin Powell agrees with the Army chief of staff about the strain on the Army.

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