02/14/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"Senator McCain in his opening comment cited that we were reducing 20 percent of the BCTs in the Army."
"wouldn't quickly cutting U.S. troop levels below 68,000 make it harder to clear and hold insurgent havens?"
"In your opinion, is al Qaeda a significant military threat in Iraq?"
"They fill in a vacuum that exists in the private sector. They fill a vital need."