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WASHINGTON: The U.S. military may not be able to win any new wars as quickly as planned because the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have strained its manpower and resources, the nation's top military officer told Congress in a classified report. Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the U.S. military as in a period of increased risk, according to a senior Defence official, who described the report on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. ``We will prevail,'' said Gen. Myers when asked about the report. ``The timelines [to winning a new war] may have to be extended and we may have to use additional resources, but that doesn't matter because we're going to be successful in the end.''
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Gen. Myers predicted the risk would go down in a year or two, the official said. He provided the report to Congress on Monday. Still, the report says the U.S. military is able to win any conflict it becomes involved in, said a Pentagon spokesman. ``We are at war and that level of operations does have some impact on troops,'' said a White House spokesman. ``But the President continues to be confident, as well as his military commanders, that we can meet any threat decisively.'' The military's reorganisation toward Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's vision of a lean, agile force, should reduce what increased risk it is facing, the Pentagon said. Among the most likely conflicts the Pentagon foresees in the near term are with North Korea and Iran, the two remaining members of President George W. Bush's ``axis of evil.'' — AP
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