Skelton tells Rumsfeld allies must be more involved

Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton backed a resolution for the U. S. to stay the course in Iraq, but he said he told Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a meeting a few weeks ago that more effort and policy changes need to be made to draw allies into helping the U. S.
Missourinet reports that Skelton said only 5,000 Iraqi security forces have been trained in the past year, "far too few." He added that the allies need to become involved in large numbers before the American public quits supporting the effort in Iraq.