Some troops, veterans and military families in Fort Hood, Texas support President Barack Obama's pla

Описание: (27 Feb 2009) HEADLINE: Troops react to Obama's Iraq pullout plan
CAPTION: Some troops, veterans and military families in Fort Hood, Texas support President Barack Obama's plan to remove U.S. combat forces by August 2010. (Feb. 27)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
(sot)obama
by august 31st 2010 our combat mission in iraq will end...
(vo)
AS PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESSED TROOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA, IN MILITARY TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTY PEOPLE WERE LISTENING..
IN KILLEEN TEXAS, HOME OF THE ARMY'S FORT HOOD... REACTION WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO THE PLAN..
(SOT)
roberta sweet/former soldier and soldeirs wife, she was in iraq in 2005 her husband deploys next month
with my husbands unit getting ready to deploy maybe, hopefully their deployment time will be a lot less than it as in the past..
(VO)
TWO SOLDIERS WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM IRAQ SAY THE TROOP REDUCTIONS IN IRAQ AE LONG OVERDUE..
(SOT) TOM LAIRD/U.S. ARMY-last deployed in 2006
that's a good thing and what we need as an army, our army is getting kind of thin right now... and morale is going down a little bit and that will be a grEat booster for us..
(SOT)
Deterrion Pringle/US ARMY just returned form a deplyment two weeks ago
"oh yeah, we've been ready to come home and chill with the families, but mission comes first..."
(VO)
BUT THE MISSION WON'T END, IN FACT MANY TROOPS MAY BE SHIFTED TO AFGHANISTAN AS THE MILITARY TRIES TO SHORE UP THAT COUNTRY..
THE ONLY CONCERN VOICED TODAY WAS WHETHER THE IRAQI MILITARY IS SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED TO SECURE THE COUNTRY..
(SOT)
bob arbasetti/us army veteran, fought in vietnam
i really don't know.. i hope it's time i hope he's right, the military folks we come in contact with are great and i know they want to be home with their family..
(SOT)
bob heintz/us army vet fought in veitnam
i just want to make sure we're doing it at the right time, with the right results.. but i don't want to see iraq evolve into a terrorist state.. but i hope we can find a way to bring them home..
(STANDUP)
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS THE TROOP DRAWDOWN IN IRAQ WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WORK SOLDIERS HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS IN THE COUNTRY... YEST HE ADDED IRAQ IS NOT YET SECURE AND THERE WILL BE DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD..
RICH MATTHEWS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT HOOD TEXAS..

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