Enlarging the Army: how soon we forget.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: Washington PULSE - Brief article

It wasn't until Robert Gates took over as defense secretary three months ago that the Pentagon announced plans to permanently expand the size of the Army and the Marine Corps. An earlier move by former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld to add 30,000 troops to the force had been deemed only temporary. Rumsfeld, after all, was the guy who wanted to cut two divisions from the Army in 2001.

Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel David Chu, however, rejects the notion that only after Rumseld's departure...