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Powell Says He Urged Bush to Send More Troops to Iraq
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=120278D:3919ACA Colin Powell says
he gave the advice to now - retired General Tommy Franks, Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush Former U.S. Secretary of
State Colin Powell says he advised President Bush to send





Colin Powellmore troops into Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion was
launched.

Powell, in an interview with Britain's ITV1, says he gave the advice
to now - retired General Tommy Franks, who planned the Iraq invasion,
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Mr. Bush.

Powell says Mr. Bush's military advisors believed the troop level was
adequate. Powell says he still disagrees with this and would have
preferred to initially send more troops.

Rumsfeld has been under mounting criticism over the war in Iraq. Six
retired U.S. generals recently called for Rumsfeld's resignation,
faulting his leadership and accusing him of making a series of major
errors in the Iraq war. Some information for this report was provided
by AFP and AP.


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