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On the recordDecember 11, 2005
We can't sustain the deployment we have. If something happens in Korea, if something happens in Iran, we -- we couldn't deploy and stay over there for any length of time, because we don't have the troops.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

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Murtha argues that the U.S. military deployment in Iraq is unsustainable due to troop shortages.

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