From journalist Bob Woodward’s July 1, 2009, Washington Post article, following his visit to Afghanistan: ” ‘One senior military officer said privately that the United States would have to deploy a force of more than 100,000 to execute the counterinsurgency strategy of holding areas and towns after clearing out the Taliban insurgents. That is at least 32,000 more than the 68,000 currently authorized.’ ”
– Bob Woodward, Obama’s Wars, Page 141