Troop surge worries uncertain residents

He and retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and fellow Vietnam vet Jimmy Milstead, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7288 in Calabash, N.C., said those boosts amounted to no change in the outcome of the earlier war. Ultimately, though, said [Margaret Waddell], she worries about how...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Steve Jones, Tonya Root and Travis Tritten
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 11.01.2007
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Armed forces
Public safety
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Summary:He and retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and fellow Vietnam vet Jimmy Milstead, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7288 in Calabash, N.C., said those boosts amounted to no change in the outcome of the earlier war. Ultimately, though, said [Margaret Waddell], she worries about how the situation affects the troops in the war zone and said she could support sending new troops there if they would replace some who need the relief. Contact STEVE JONES at 910-754-9855 or sjones@thesunnews.com [mailto:sjones@thesunnews.com]. Contact TONYA ROOT at 397-7962 or troot@thesunnews.com [mailto:troot@thesunnews.com]. Contact TRAVIS TRITTEN at 626-0303 or ttritten@thesunnews.com [mailto:ttritten@thesunnews.com].