Cody: Delayed Supplemental Funding Won't Affect Training for 'Next-to-Deploy' Units

By Daniel Wasserbly / April 17, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Although the Army has begun restraining spending while it waits for emergency supplemental money, a top general said today that the service will not curtail training for troops slated to deploy to Iraq or cut items related to safety and health -- marking the first time an official from the service has discussed the issue publicly. "We will not slow down training for our next-to-deploy troops," Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee...

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