Soldier stands guard at Campbell Barracks, U.S. Army's Europe headquarters, in Heidelberg. (AP)
Bush to Redeploy Forces Story aired: Monday, August 16, 2004
President Bush announced today a major redeployment of U.S. troops currently stationed overseas. The president outlined his administration's plan at the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cincinnati, Ohio. Under the plan, the Pentagon would withdraw as many as 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia.
Guests:
John White, lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a former deputy secretary of defense in the Clinton administration.