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  • Bush to visit Fort Polk Tuesday

    02/13/2004 5:37:17 PM PST · by FireTrack · 21 replies · 196+ views
    Associated Press | Feb 13, 2004
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush plans a visit next week to Fort Polk, home to a regiment due to return soon from a year of service in Iraq. Bush will speak to military personnel at the base on Tuesday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Friday. The 4,000-strong 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, in Iraq since last March, is due to return sometime in March or April. It is to be replaced by a brigade from the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas, as part of a larger troop rotation announced earlier by the Pentagon. The 2nd Armored, the oldest...