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Submitted by security_six on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 7:33pm.
Lots of GI's live in or visit Olympia/Thurston County thanks to the neighboring influence of Fort Lewis. Also local National Guard units are heavily affected by long tours and constant rotations. This from the AP. By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press has learned. The remainder of the article here.
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