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General Abizaid Smacks Down McCain’s Plan To Send More U.S. Troops To Iraq

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Edited on Wed Nov-15-06 03:36 PM by ProSense

General Abizaid Smacks Down McCain’s Plan To Send More U.S. Troops To Iraq

Today at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, CentCom commander Gen. John Abizaid rejected McCain’s calls for increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq, saying that he “met with every divisional commander, Gen. Casey, the core commander, Gen. Dempsey” and asked them if bringing “in more American troops now, (would) add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq and they all said ‘no.’”Watch it:

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