Just saw this news story on Fox. If you wonder why news from Iraq seems to be so few and far between these days, it’s because the media is running out of negative things to report. Our military are doing what they set out to do, and progress is continuing to be made.
Bush Says Shorter Deployments in Iraq Will ‘Ease the Burden on Our
Forces’WASHINGTON — President Bush said progress in Iraq resulting from last year’s troop surge has allowed U.S. forces to come home, and troop deployments to be shortened.
The length of tours of duties for forces serving in Iraq will fall from 15 months to 12 months beginning Friday. The tours had been extended in spring 2007 as part of the troop surge as a way to increase the number of active-duty personnel who could be deployed to Iraq.
“This will ease the burden on our forces, and it will make life easier for our wonderful military families,” Bush said, speaking to reporters at the White House Thursday morning.
Bush said July “has been a month of encouraging news from Iraq. Violence is down to its lowest level since the spring of 2004, and we’re now in our third consecutive month with reduced violence levels holding steady.’
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