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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) talks next to Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland after he visited wounded U.S. military personnel and medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington September 9, 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks with Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland after he visited wounded U.S. military personnel and medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington September 9, 2008.

In this photo released by the White House, President Bush talks with U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Dr. Charles William Fox, Jr. (Ret.) and wife, Jan, of Leesburg, Va. during a visit Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, with wounded military personnel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. General Fox, CEO of Project Hope, was injured by an IED while helping to build a state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility for children in Basra.

In this photo released by the White House, President Bush speaks with Sgt. Besiki Balakhadze, a member of the Georgian Army Coalition Forces, injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom, during his visit Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. With them is interpreter Staff Sgt. Tatiana Ivanova, also of the Georgian Army Coalition

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From this mornings Press Briefing

Q Majority Leader Reid says despite the President's announcement this morning, the war in Afghanistan is still suffering at the expense of Iraq. What's your response to that?

MS. PERINO: Look, I don't know who briefs Senator Reid and I don't know what sort of staff work he gets or the updates that he gets. I think the best information comes from the Commander-in-Chief and also from the Department of Defense. I think you heard from the President today, not only has the United States increased the number of troops in Afghanistan, but so have so many other countries, because we recognize that we're dealing with a ruthless enemy.

And the President was pleased to be able to announce today that he will bring home an additional 8,000 troops based on the success that we've been able to achieve in Iraq. But we have said, and we've said since April, that we would be doing more in Afghanistan and that's what he announced today.

Q He says the "more" more is not enough.

MS. PERINO: Well, you know, when Senator Reid becomes Commander-in-Chief he'll have a little bit more credibility on that score.

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