Bremer asked for 500,000 troops in Iraq?

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has acknowledged that its top civilian official in Iraq once called for tripling U.S. forces there. In a new book, Paul Bremer -- who headed the U.S.-led coalition for 13 months -- says he urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in May 2004 to deploy 500,000 troops.

I guess technically he wasn't a commander, so Bush wasn't lying, right?

Also: I think this "leaked" memo outlining the Dem's strategy may have been written to be leaked because it reads like a statement.