Virginia Sen. Jim Webb criticized the Army's top civilian leader Tuesday for extending soldiers' deployments to 15 months, saying the three-month increase is damaging the health of American troops.
The Vietnam veteran, whose son recently returned from Iraq, urged Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren to reconsider the policy change made last spring that extended 12-month tours of an already strained Army force.
``I am deeply troubled by the 15-month deployment requirement," Webb told Geren, who testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. ``Who was talking for the well-being and health of the soldiers when this was put down?"
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Hating the Troops
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