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DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr

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Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, United States Forces – Iraq, Deputy Commanding General for Support

We recently held a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, United States Forces – Iraq, Deputy Commanding General for Support, on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Maj. Gen. Spoehr discussed the ongoing reposture efforts, particularly the redeployment of troops and equipment during the last 90 days of the Security Agreement, which officially began 1 Oct. He also spoke about quality of life for troops and questions about USF-I’s ability to react to a possible request from the Government of Iraq to extend U.S. troop presence  beyond 2011.

For more information on this topic, read the Defense.gov story, “U.S. Forces Have Met All Obligations in Iraq, General Says”

Joining us on the call were Chuck Simmins, of America’s North Shore Journal; Spencer Ackerman, of Wired.com; Dale Kissinger, of Military Avenue; Walter Pincus, of the Washington Post; and Dan Froomkin, of The Huffington Post.

 

Read the full transcript.

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