The Army has already been scrambling to keep up its troop strength in the two countries.
This brought total troop strength associated with the effort to stop the breakdown in civil order to 13,500.
His Government also announced plans to cut troop strength significantly.
It had a troop strength of 16,000 men, with approximately 1,200 civilian workers.
There were further reductions in 1838, after which troop strength stood at 91,388.
America has been able to scale down radically its troop strength in Europe.
Just add it up: the troop strength will be increased.
We are cutting our troop strength in Europe by half.
Army officials say they hope to reach the authorized total troop strength of 512,000 by next year.
"We are also looking at contingency planning where you need to increase troop strength in Iraq."