Five Brigades Should be Home by July, Gates Says

By Fred W. Baker III | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2008 - Five brigade combat teams, equal to 2007's troop surge, should be home by July, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.

"All the evidence available to me now suggests that we will be able to complete the drawdown of the five brigade combat teams... by the end of July," the secretary said at a briefing with the Pentagon press corps.

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