Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have eaten a $9 billion hole in the Army's prepositioned stocks that will take two years longer than previously planned to replenish, hampering the service's ability to quickly respond to new crises in another part of the world. Army Secretary Pete Geren told the House Armed Services Committee on Feb. 28 that more pressing funding requirements, which surfaced last year during construction of the fiscal years 2009 to 2013 spending plan, forced a two-year delay...
