Could this be why Rumsfeld’s resignation was accepted? Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker’s recent passionate testimony to Congress, once reportedly accompanied by banging his hand on the witness table, included a plea for more troops, and an end to restrictions on the use of the reserves and guard.
"’I recommend we continue to grow the Army so that we have choices,’ Schoomaker said, cautioning that it is ill advised to assume demand for American troops overseas will decrease. ‘Our history is replete with examples where we have guessed wrong: 1941, 1950, 2001, to name a few,’ he said. ‘We don’t know what’s ahead.’"
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