An Eagle Scout, he is also advancement coordinator of his son’s Boy Scout troop.

If Bush would have had the same plan and people spoke out against it they have been labled, un-american,communist, traders, oh yeah and against the troops.

There are reportedly (WRAL) a total of 3,000 troops leaving in the next few days, for up to nine months. 

Lots of Chicago "area" inventory was built post WW2 when all the troops returned and needed their own housing.

He wants to bring the troops home--ALL the troops, not only the troops in Iraq.

There is also a focus on supervisors watching out for the financial well being/performance of their troops so while technically no one can order you to pay there is a tremendous amount of pressure.

It is also cost effective for the Army to consolidate resources during draw downs, meaning Hood might actually get more resources during a troop draw down as other bases go poof and remaining units are consolidated on larger posts.Early in the War on Terror - I was still in high school - apparently the Army deployed several units from Hood simultaneously.  

During the 2013 shutdown, Congress appropriated money on a bipartisan basis to keep troops' paychecks coming.But on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected to up a motion to pay troops during the shutdown after it was proposed by Sen.

I will make this prediction...If McCain becomes President, he will ram NATO expansion right down the throat of Putin and Medvedev.

All you have to do is talk to any of our returning troops to find out how the majority of Iraqi's are so grateful that they are there.