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Barack Obama

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama is saying that ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with efforts against terrorism, have slowed down the military's ability to modernize and exposed weaknesses in handling defensive and peacekeeping missions. He also believes that the government has stretched the military too thin by committing it to too many operations at once.

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