US President George W. Bush is expected to announce later today that the US is pulling at least 70,000 troops out of Europe and Asia in what is likely to be the biggest restructuring of US force since the end of the Cold War.
Germany is expected to bear the brunt of it.
About 45,000 of the troop reduction will come from Europe - mainly from Germany which has about 75,000 US servicemen stationed in the country, according to the Financial Times.
"In Asia and Europe for many mo...
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