White House backtracking on temporary surge


	White House backtracking on temporary surge

jklugman

4-28-2007 5:12 PM

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iraq, bush administration, promises, deception, fubar

jklugman says:

Basra, Iraq (AHN)-During a news conference with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. George Casey estimated that the 21,500 additional U.S. troops sent to Iraq will only need to stay until around late summer.[1]

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