US to cut almost 100,000 troops
The US will cut almost 100,000 troops as part of its plans for a "smaller, leaner" military, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has announced.
The Pentagon is facing cuts of $487bn (£310bn) over the next 10 years.
In five years, the Army will drop from a peak of 570,000 to 490,000, and the marines be cut by 20,000, to 182,000.
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