General, that situation has existed before this surge. I find it hard to believe that you would give as your best advice to this committee that the differential, probably 40,000 troops in terms of doctrine, is going to be made up by ministerial forces of Iraq that are generally unreliable and by private American contractors or other contractors.
Senator Reed questions the reliability of Iraqi forces and contractors.
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