United Press International - U.S. drawdown in Europe may be too much

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U.S. drawdown in Europe may be too much

The commander of the U.S. European Command may not have enough troops to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq and conduct routine operations. If not, one of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's main reforms to the U.S. military may have to be rolled back -- that is, pulling troops out of "traditional" U.S. deployments in "old Europe" to garrisons in the United States, with more frequent, shorter deployments to newer areas, like Eastern Europe.

Gen. Bantz Craddock, the chief of U.S. European Command, told the Senate Armed Serviced Committee Thursday the drawdown of U.S. troops in Europe from roughly 100,000 to 60,000 is causing him concern.