On Wednesday, the U.S. Army announced plans to cut manpower by 40,000 soldiers nationwide over the next two years.
A total of 4,350 soldier positions would be lost in Georgia, at Fort Benning, Fort Stewart and Fort Gordon.
That was just one development in what has been a busy week in Washington, D.C. A deadline is approaching for the nuclear negotiations with Iran, and Republican presidential candidates are considering how to respond to fellow candidate Donald Trump’s controversial comments on Mexican immigrants.
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