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>> well, mr. chairman, this is the toughest part -- >> can you raise your voice a bit, please. >> raise my voice a bit? okay. this is the toughest part of our training requirement. >> thats virginia senator john warner, questioning the man who was then the chief of staff of the army, general eric shinseki, who has always been soft spoken to the point of senators having to tell him, talk louder at senate hearings, even when he is talking into a microphone. but what he said that day, in response t...

>> general shinseki, can you give us some ideas to the magnitude of the armys force requirement for an occupation of iraq following a successful completion of the war? >> in specific numbers, i would have to rely on combatant commanders exactly requirements, but i think -- >> how about a range? >> i would say that whats been mobilized to this point, something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably a figure that would be required. were talking about post hostilities, contr...

>> well, mr. chairman, this is the toughest part -- >> can you raise your voice a bit, please. >> raise my voice a bit? okay. this is the toughest part of our training requirement. >> thats virginia senator john warner, questioning the man who was then the chief of staff of the army, general eric shinseki, who has always been soft spoken to the point of senators having to tell him, talk louder at senate hearings, even when he is talking into a microphone. but what he said that day, in response t...