McCain wants much larger U.S. military

reuters ^ | July 2, 2008 | Andrew Gray Posted on 07/02/2008 8:06:05 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain wants the U.S. military to be much larger than current expansion plans envision, an adviser to the Arizona senator said this week. The Bush administration has begun expanding the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to create a combined strength of around 750,000 active duty troops -- a process backed by McCain's Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. But McCain believes an Army and Marine Corps with a combined strength of up to 900,000 troops is necessary, said Randy Scheunemann, an adviser to the candidate on foreign policy and national security. "Sen. McCain feels the proposed increases are not sufficient. They need to be more, to fully address the challenges we... [read full story]