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===2004 = 1992 [[George H.W. Bush]] Redux===
In an August 2004 speech to an Ohio veterans' group, President [[George W. Bush]] said "one of the largest planned troop redeployments since the onset of the [[Cold War]] 50 years ago"—an initiative that would be "implemented over 10 years and bring home up to 70,000 U.S. troops from major bases in Asia and Europe"—would "create a 'more agile and flexible force,' as well as 'reduce the stress on our troops and military families'," Eli Clifton [http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=25112 wrote] August 17, 2004, for Inter Press Service.
In May and June 2004, the Pentagon "confirmed plans to sharply cut forces stationed at large U.S. bases in [[Germany]], [[South Korea]] and Okinawa, [[Japan]], and to redeploy many troops to smaller, more widely dispersed facilities—sometimes called 'lily pads'—along an ''arc of crisis'' stretching along a wide band from Southeast Asia to West Africa, as well as to bases at Guam in the Pacific Ocean and back home," Clifton wrote. [http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=25112]
