60,000 US troops will go home

US PRESIDENT George W Bush plans to bring 60,000 to 70,000 US troops home from Europe and Asia - in one of the largest troop realignments since the end of the Cold War.

Some of the troops would be shifted to posts in Eastern Europe, White House officials said, and it remained unclear if the overall number of US troops stationed overseas would drop.

Officials said the shift of major US military units out of western Europe and Asia could take years and would require further negotiation.