What a Difference a Year Makes

"We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take out the militias and stabilize Iraq ... I would say 20,000 to 30,000-for the specific purpose of making sure those militias are dismantled, working in concert with the Iraqi military."

— Silvestre Reyes (House Intelligence Committee Chairman), December 5, 2006

"I've committed more than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq...These troops will work alongside Iraqi units and be embedded in their formations" .

— President George W. Bush, January 10, 2007

"We don't have the capability to escalate even to this minimal level."

— Silvestre Reyes (House Intelligence Committee Chairman), January 11, 2007