* The Iraqis will raise troops in Baghdad from 42,000 to 50,000
* The U.S. will raise Baghdad troops from 24,000 to 31,000
- Send 4,000 troops to the Anbar Province
- Prepare to send an additional 10,500 troops "as needed"
- Duration: "most of us are thinking of it in terms of a matter of
months" - SecDef Gates
* Of the plan Sec Rice said:
- The increase in troops is an "augmentation".
- "I want to be not explicit about what we might do because I
don't want to speculate"
- When asked what would happen if the Iraqi government fails to
cooperate with the new plan: "I don't think you go to plan B ...You
work with Plan A."
* Of the plan Chuck Hagel, who received 2 purple hearts in the
infantry in Vietnam, said:
- "I have to say, Madam Secretary, that I think this speech given
last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign
policy blunder in this country since Vietnam."
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