Shortly afterward, officials made public that the support troops would number up to 13,000, bringing the overall total to 68,000 by the end of the year a doubling of the deployment from when he took office.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

This is on top of the 38,000 that are already there, taking into account a doubling over the past two years,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03