CBS News: Military Tells Bush It Only Has 9,000 More Troops To Send To Iraq...

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

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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."

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