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"But I'm going to take a little risk here and I'm going to tell you that, you know, intuitively I think we need more people," General Schoomaker said with far more candor than usually is on display at confirmation hearings. "I mean, it's that simple."

The Chairman-select of the Joint Chiefs to the Senate Armed Services Committee on whether we need a larger Army.

Interestingly this doesn't fit in with the perception that Secretary Rumsfeld isn't keen on the idea of a larger Army, coupled with Schoomaker's being hand-picked by Rumsfeld even though the General had been retired for two years.

We'll have to keep an eye on the Secretary for clues on this.

Story here.