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Military Planners Prepare for Major Troop Rotation

Within a few months, 130,000 American troops in Iraq -- and additional troops in Afghanistan -- will return to the United States to be replaced by nearly as many new troops. Planners at U.S. logistics headquarters in Iraq and Kuwait are preparing for what they call "the surge." NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

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Eric Westervelt
Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR's National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S.