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Longer Iraq tours are good for ‘Army stress.’

“Extended overseas deployments affecting soldiers serving in Afghanistan and other locales overseen by U.S. Central Command should help to alleviate the stress on the Army,” a senior U.S. official claimed. Noah Shachtman: “Yeah, yeah. Water is dry, ice is warm, and up is down, too.”

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