Iraq War troop surge

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In 2007, during the Iraq War, the George W. Bush administration increased the number of U.S. military combat troops in Iraq in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Governorate. The event has been called the troop surge or simply the surge. The force surge was developed under the working title "The New Way Forward" and was announced in January 2007 by Bush during a television speech. Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 soldiers into Iraq (five additional brigades), and sent the majority of them into Baghdad. He also extended the tour of most of the Army troops in country and some of the Marines already in Anbar. The President described the overall objective as establishing a "unified, democratic federal Iraq that can govern itself, defend itself, and sustain itself, and is an ally in the war on terror." The major element of the strategy was a change in focus for the U.S. military "to help Iraqis clear and secure neighborhoods, to help them protect the local population...

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