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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ron at Why Are We Back In Iraq

Let's sing: Happy birthday to Ron, happy birthday to Ron, happy bithday, happy bithday, happy birthday to Ron... and on and on and on.... onward down the road. Happy birthday to yooo.

And, speaking of rollin' down the highway, mile markers disappearing in the rear view mirror, the Brad Blog is off to Camp Casey. See: 'Operation Noble Cause' is Underway!

In other long and winding road news:

Army Planning for 4 More Years in Iraq
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON - The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq — well over 100,000 — for four more years, the Army's top general said Saturday.

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Schoomaker, who spoke aboard an Army jet on the trip back to Washington from Kansas City, Mo., made no predictions about the pace of political progress in Iraq. But he said he was confident the Army could provide the current number of forces to fight the insurgency for many more years. The 2007-09 rotation he is planning would go beyond President Bush's term in office, which ends in January 2009. ~ Yahoo news/AP

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