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Embedded Local Journalist in Iraq Responds to Bush's Call for More Troops

While most Americans are calling for a pull back in Iraq President Bush wants to go in the opposite direction. The President wants to commit 4,000 more Marines to the volatile Anbar Province and more

Embedded Local Journalist in Iraq Responds to Bush's Call for More Troops

While most Americans are calling for a pull back in Iraq President Bush wants to go in the opposite direction. The President wants to commit 4,000 more Marines to the volatile Anbar Province and more than 17,000 troops to Baghdad. KPBS Anchor Dwane Brown spoke with Reporter Tony Perry whose embedded with Marines from the First Expeditionary Force out of Camp Pendleton. They are being held over for another few months in Iraq.
(Photo: Tony Perry (back row, center) with Iraqi Army in Ramadi. 1st Expeditionary Force/Camp Pandleton ).