CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings June 18, 2014
Force, i asked him, general austin recommended somewhere in the 18,000 to 20,000 range. The pentagon got down to 10,000 and below that they felt very uncomfortable. I asked him directly, did the number cascade down or did the number go down because the iraqis said, thats too Many Americans, we dont want that Many Americans on our soil . He said, no, sir, the numbers kept cascading down because the white house kept changing the number. So i want the record to reflect that in a meeting with the Prime Minister of iraq, when he asked me, how many troops were talking about . We couldnt give him an ...