The battle over U.S. troop withdrawals is just beginning
By
Josh Rogin
June 11, 2020 at 4:40 p.m. EDT
The White House and the Pentagon are at odds over many issues right now — including the military’s participation in putting down Washington protests last week and whether to rename Southern military bases. But the clash that is getting the least attention might be the one that matters most — whether the United States should slash its troop presence in Germany before the election.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that “President Trump has directed the Pentagon to remove thousands of American troops from Germany by September.†That’s not exactly right. The National Security Council has indeed prepared a memorandum on potential changes to the number of troops deployed abroad. But Trump has not signed it and the Pentagon has received no orders on moving any troops out of Germany, several officials told me.
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