Senator John McCain, who a month ago passionately warned against a surge of fewer than thirty thousand troops, now supports a surge of twenty thousand — largely because, he says, the new American commander in Iraq, David Petraeus, thinks it has a chance of working.
I was in Baghdad when the Administration announced its new security plan — including an effort to stabilize Baghdad with a "surge" of twenty thousand additional troops.
President Bush, in a desperate gamble, had decided to send a "surge" of twenty thousand additional troops to bring the country under control.
After dropping to 7-11 following a surge of four victories in five games last week, the Knicks did not practice and flew to Seattle yesterday.
I was in Baghdad when the Administration announced its new security plan including an effort to stabilize Baghdad with a "surge" of twenty thousand additional troops.
Fueled by a surge of five birdies over the final nine holes, Woods was at five under par, six strokes off the lead after today's second round of the Buick Invitational.
Jakob Silfverberg, Sami Vatanen and Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks, who cracked Nashville's imposing goalie, Pekka Rinne, with a surge of four goals in less than 19 minutes.
Much of the December rise in the operating rate was attributed to the cold weather, which caused "a surge of five percentage points in the operating rate for utilities, which was the largest in the 23-year history of this series," the Fed said.
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC attracted more than 2.3 million visitors last year, a surge of 1 million compared with 2017.
The combined total reflects a surge of 1.5 million young e-cigarette users, to 3.6 million.
It was nothing like her growth spurt two years ago, a surge of about three inches in a few months.
