Got me a copy of it, and am listening closely online.
First thought: Somebody should pull him aside and say, "Repeat after me: Shin-Seh-Key".
Second thought: The speech is a bit too force-centric, but this is an important point and a clear dig at Obama:
The problem of our force structure is not best dealt with by a numbers game. It is tempting for politicians to try and "out-bid" each other on the number of troops they would add. Some politicians have fallen right in line behind President Bush's recent proposal to add 92,000 troops between now and 2012, with little rationale given for exactly why we need this many troops—particularly with a likely withdrawal from Iraq.
The numbers game only gets us into the same problems as the president's approach. We must be more thoughtful about what the troops will actually be used for. Any troops we add today would take a number of years to recruit and train, and so will not help us today in Iraq.
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