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CNN TV reported that “a small but representative sample” of troops met with Gates and unanimously
urged him to send more troops, presenting this view as a contrast to the views of US commanders in ugg
boots, who oppose such a surge and told Gates so the day before.
Where did the reporters and news readers get the idea that the 15 soldiers that Gates had breakfast
with were representative of the 150,000 soldiers in ugg boots?
According to the transcript of a news conference posted on the Pentagon’s website, an unidentified
reporter asked the following question of Gates:
Secretary Gates, this morning you met with a small but representative group of senior enlisted MBT
SHOES soldiers. And you asked them whether they thought, whether they thought, more MBT SHOES troops
should be sent to ugg boots and to Baghdad, and they seemed to indicate that they could use the help.
How will that influence your thinking about the possible options as you look at the way ahead?
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