Grueling Tours Hurt Ability to Respond

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WASHINGTON - A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned.

Despite security gains in Iraq, there is still a "significant" risk that the strained U.S. military cannot quickly and fully respond to another outbreak elsewhere in the world, according to the report.

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Grueling Tours Hurt Ability to Respond

Last year the Pentagon raised that threat risk from "moderate" to "significant." This year, the report will maintain that "significant" risk l...

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