Cost issues and war sap U.S. military readiness: lawmaker (Reute...

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 04/29/2008 - 7:21pm

A U.S.<br /><br />Army soldier from B Company, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment patrols in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, April 25, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Reuters - A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for urgent improvement of the U.S. military's readiness, saying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cost overruns in weapons programs had sapped its ability to respond quickly to a crisis elsewhere.



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