CBS News: Military Tells Bush It Only Has 9,000 More Troops To Send To Iraq...
Think Progress:
A State Department official leaked word this week that President Bush is considering sending "no more than 15,000 to 20,000 U.S. troops" to Iraq. "Instead of a surge, it is a bump," the official said.
This claim was bolstered last night by CBS's David Martin, who reported that military commanders have told Bush they are prepared to execute a troop escalation of just 9,000 soldiers and Marines into Iraq, "with another 10,000 on alert in Kuwait and the U.S."




First Posted: 01- 5-07 02:06 PM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM