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Anthrax. >> we stand here because our right to dissent and our right to be participants in a true democracy have been hijacked. >> could you give us some ideas of the magnitude of the army's force requirement for an occupation of iraq. >> something on the order of several00,000 soldiers. >> saddam hussein and his sons must leave iraq within 48 hours. >> the rescue of private first class jessica lynch of west virginia. >> that is at once a pathetic and symbolic representation of saddam hussein. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended, the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> th...

>> 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. >> that's 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 to the next round of questioning, which came from carl levin at that same year ago, general shinseki...

>> general shinseki, can you give us some ideas to the magnitude of the army's 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 what's been mobilized to this point, something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably a figure that would be required. we're talking about post hostilities, control over a piece of geography that's fairly significant with the kinds of ethnic tensions that co...

>> 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. >> that's 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 to the next round of questioning, which came from carl levin at that same year ago, general shinseki...