Hunter Supports Iraq Surge but says use more Iraqi Troops

Duncan Hunter has said that more Iraqi troops should be used to help secure the peace, and the training that they have undertaken under the Americans should be utilized. However, he has also supported the President Bush plan for an escalation to the war in Iraq.

Hunter said that after consulting with military leaders, President Bush has a plan and "..I think it's incumbent upon us, in light of the fact that we are engaged in combat right now, that reinforcements have been requested, that they are needed".

As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, Hunter has made a number of recommendations to President Bush, many of which he says have been adopted.

Hunter said that it was too soon to tell if America was winning the war, and we may not know for perhaps 5 years after America leaves.