, A US military commander warned on Dec. 7 against rushing the training of Iraqi security forces, a day after a top advisory panel recommended a substantial boost to the effort within the next year.
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group suggested increasing the number of U.S. trainers embedded with Iraqi units to 10,000 to 20,000 from 3,000 to 4,000 now and a switch in the primary focus of U.S. forces to training from combat operations.
Maj. Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the U.S. Army
