Sqrl on 17 February 2009
| Sqrl said: ^^MSNBC is reporting 8,000 marines and 9,000 army for 17,000 total. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29242187/ /shrug |
some clarification on the discrepancy courtesy of FNC:
President has approved 17,000 troops.
Pentagon has only identified 12,000. The remaining 5,000 are still being deployed but the Pentagon can't or won't identify them.








