Army Chief Of Staff General George Casey: "No Reason To Doubt" Obama On Troop Shortages - Politics on The Huffington Post

Army Chief Of Staff General George Casey: "No Reason To Doubt" Obama On Troop Shortages - Politics on The Huffington Post: "After the Pentagon denied Barack Obama's account of military shortages in Afghanistan, Army Chief of Staff General George Casey said, 'I have no reason to doubt' the Senator.

During last week's Texas Democratic debate Senator Obama said:

'You know, I've heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon -- supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq,' Obama told CNN moderator Campbell Brown.

'And as a consequence, they didn't have enough ammunition, they didn't have enough Humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief,' he added.


General George Casey backed up Senator Obama while testifying Tuesday in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

'I have no reason to doubt what it is the captain said,' Casey said. 'This was 2003 and 2004, almost four and a half years ago. We acknowledge and all worked together to correct the deficiencies that we saw in that period, not only in Afghanistan but in Iraq. It was a period that we"

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