Army Leaders Say Soldiers Will Not Get Shorter Combat Tours

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army will not shorten combat tours in Iraq next year from 12 months to six or nine months, as some had hoped, because that would undermine the war effort, the Army's top general said Tuesday.

Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, told reporters that he would prefer shorter combat tours in Iraq but believes that cannot happen as long as the U.S. military is required to maintain roughly the 135,000 troops there now to fight the insurgency. The Army and Marine Corps are preparing to maintain that level at least through the end of next year.

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