House panel weighs permanent basing in Europe

By Connie Lee / July 3, 2017 at 10:20 AM
The House Armed Services Committee passed legislation aimed at considering permanent forces in Europe, a shift from the Army's present strategy of providing heel-to-toe rotations on the continent. "I think we need to look at that," committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) told reporters June 22 regarding his mark for the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill. "There's a cost to rotating forces through, and I don't know that any of us want to make a conclusion about that, but there's...

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