Rumsfeld dismisses media report on Iraq troop levels

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday dismissed a media report that said the Army would not reduce troop numbers in Iraq at least through 2006.

Speaking after a House Armed Services Committee meeting, Rumsfeld said it would be “a misunderstanding to characterize” statements made by Army Lt. Gen. James Lovelace to mean the service had firm plans to keep the force at present levels.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26834


I'm posting this because 1) it's new news in today's Stripes and 2) I need help deciphering Rumsfeld's double-speak. Are we reducing troop numbers, increasing them, or keeping them the same? There isn't a single military person who doesn't want to know the answer to that question.