Quote by Richard Lugar

If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have the number…

— George W. Bush

There's a disconnect there between - you're telling me this [war in Iraq] is fight of our generation, and you're going to increase troops…

— Jon Stewart

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

— Lawrence Korb

We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq. As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission…

— Barack Obama

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we…

— Howard Coble

Just a few weeks ago, you said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now.

— Barack Obama

Yes, we need a force to continue to train, assist, advise the Iraqi army.

— Jack Keane

I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they…

— Condoleezza Rice

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.

— Peter DeFazio

I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties.

— Ann Coulter

The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops.

— Mitch McConnell

We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi.

— Joschka Fischer