Army Chief of Staff General George Casey addresses the media at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiGen. Casey Lends Sway To Request For Troops -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Army's top general, who has long raised concerns that repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan could damage the military's readiness, said he backed an increase in U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
The comments by Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff, were the latest sign that the Obama administration is leaning toward dispatching thousands of reinforcements to bolster existing U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan.
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