The United States is not overdeployed or overextended with deployments in 150 countries on any given year. On any given week we have about 65 deployments.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded.
It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.
The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers.
It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.
I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.
More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
While we are deploying troops in their thousands, we lose the chance to build up their basic skills.
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