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Martin Dempsey: “If we have fewer forces forward, we will be less deterrent and less reassuring to our allies.”

On the recordMay 5, 2014
If we have fewer forces forward, we will be less deterrent and less reassuring to our allies.
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Martin Dempsey

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Dempsey warns about reduced military presence affecting deterrence.

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