National Public Radio is a great news source and they promise news with context. So it was an extreme disappointment to hear them parrot the Bush Administration's horn toot that Iraq tours of duty will be reduced to (the original) 12 months.
See, in April 2007, the Bush Administration increased tours of duty from 12 to 15 months as part of the "surge."
Go ahead and let the President have a quote about "helping soldiers and their families," but for God's sake tell the truth, too. This isn't some sort of special benefit or policy, it's restoring the tours of duty to the length that soldiers actually signed up for.
Oh, and "it won't apply to troops now serving."
Liberal media, my ass.
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