A recently completed NATO "troop-to-task" analysis supports the current requirement of 31 battalions for the Kosovo peacekeeping operation, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said today. Yesterday, NATO headquarters sent a letter to all member countries outlining the analysis and asking for approximately 3,500 troops to fill out five battalions. Some of the troops in those battalions will soon be rotating out of their assigned sectors in Kosovo, Bacon said. Bacon said the United States does not anticipate additional U.S. troops will...
