By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 25 minutes ago SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The Army's new chief of staff says he wants to accelerate by two years a plan to increase the nation's active-duty soldiers by 65,000. The Army has set 2012 as its target date for a force expansion to 547,000 troops, but Gen. George Casey said Saturday that he has told his staff to have the soldiers ready earlier. "I said that's too long. Go back and tell me what it would take to get it done faster," he said in an interview with The Associated Press during a stop in Hawaii. [snip] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_re_us/army_chief_iraq
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