to meet benchmarks?
The United States also must build a 21st-century military, Mr. Obama said, in addition to “showing wisdom in how we deploy it.” He called for expanding ground forces, adding 65,000 soldiers to the Army and 27,000 to the Marines. Less than 1 percent of the military can speak foreign languages like Arabic, Mandarin or Korean, he said, calling for additional training and recruitment to address the problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/us/politics/24obama.html?ref=politics
2007-04-25 12:34:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Since he's strongly anti-Iraq-war, it'd be prudent for him to cast about for some strong-defense creadentials. Insubstantial primary-campaign promises like these are a safe way to do that.
2007-04-25 12:53:14 · answer #1 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obama Yo Mama and the Taliban 5
2007-04-25 19:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by Don W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why can't we just end the War now ? The War in Iraq has nothing to do with Obama, and we need our American troops home safely. Just give the country to Iran.
2007-04-25 19:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like he wants to create his own Islamic Military in the USA.
2007-04-25 19:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he's looked into the issue and is taking good advice.
2007-04-25 19:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by Tired o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋