09/21/2009
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"I call to order the Subcommittee on Readiness of the House Armed Services Committee."
"the Army--Active, the Guard, and Reserve--has deployed more than 1.1 million soldiers to combat with more than 4,500 giving the last full measure of devotion to this country."
"the strategy must drive where we need to go, what the Army must accomplish and then the force structure designed to accomplish that task."
"The Army has announced the reduction of 2,500 enablers as part of our force structure footprint reduction in EUCOM."