The New York Times, which is seldom in the vanguard of witch-hunts against Democrats, has already urged him to resign his chairmanship.

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Vanguard has revisited the subject of rebalancing many times, including on its website.

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The United States has deployed a few hundred troops to Jordan, just south of Syria, with the purpose of aiding refugee care and, according to a Los Angeles Times report, as "the vanguard of a potential military force of 20, 000 or more" in case the United States decides to move to secure Syria's chemical weapons.

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