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US military strength 'OK for now'

Posted: Tuesday, August 5, 4:09pm EDT

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said there is no need to increase US armed forces for now even though the military is being stretched by commitments in Iraq and elsewhere.
"We're absolutely open-minded about how many people we have in the armed services," Rumsfeld said. "The way to get the right number is not to rush to a change Òthe first time you feel the effects of a spike in activity, as we do right now with Iraq."

He said continuing analyses of troop strength, conducted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicate current force levels are sufficient for engagements in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, the Sinai peninsula and South Korea.

Last week the nominee to be Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, told a Senate committee the Army is likely to need more troops to meet its worldwide commitments.

Rumsfeld was replying to a question about that testimony.

He said there were steps that could be taken to improve the efficiency of current troop levels, including putting civilians in jobs now being done by as many as 380,000 people in uniform

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