WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North has told Republican lawmakers the United States needs to send more troops to Afghanistan, witnesses say.
Attendees at a House Republican Conference meeting held Tuesday told the Washington publication Politico North addressed the meeting on the topic of Afghanistan, telling lawmakers that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is correct in his assessment that more troops need to be sent or the insurgents will win.