Commanders in the field like the top officers in Central Command and Iraq, Generals John Abizaid and George Casey, respectively, have consistently argued in public against further expanding the American footprint in the theater.

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The leaders, Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, have been what you might call devotees of the light footprint school, which was we should have relatively few troops, hand authority over the Iraqis as quickly as possible.

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He met with General John Abizaid, who heads the US Central Command, and with General George Casey, the commander of US forces in Iraq.

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"I love the Internet, " says Casey Lau, a 26-year-old Chinese Canadian who with friend John Wong, 30, co-founded ActionAce.

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