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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday announced plans to call 60,000 to 70,000 U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia _ in one of the largest troop realignments since the end of the Cold War. Some of the troops would be shifted to posts in Eastern Europe, White House officials said, and it remained unclear if the overall number of U.S. troops stationed overseas would drop. The action, which has been years in the making, follows years of debate over how to position U.S. troops to respond to modern-day threats such as terrorism and the volatile Middle East. It could gain Bush election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on 150,000 U.S. soldiers deployed to war zones, who are still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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