LiFe: Admiral Mullen Disputes Rumsfeld Claim That Pentagon Never Asked Bush For More Troops In Afghanistan

Admiral Mullen Disputes Rumsfeld Claim That Pentagon Never Asked Bush For More Troops In Afghanistan: "

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pushed back in a fact-checking dispute with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asserting that the Bush administration objected rejected a Pentagon request for more troops for Afghanistan last year.

Adm. Michael Mullen told a House committee Wednesday that Gen. David McKiernan, who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan between 2008 and this year, had asked for 20,000 troops for the effort but was rebuffed.