gates and leon pinetta said we need to have boots on the ground if there is hope for success in the strategynd the coach a west point graduate and very successful basketball coach at duke told an army conference last month declaring we won't use ground forces is like telling your opponent you're not going to play your best players. we may very well be considering a new aumf in the future but i would offer a warning that should the aumf proposed by the president contain such limitations it will be doa in congress. i will not support sending our military into harm's way with their arms tied behind their backs. lastly, the risk to our forces increases even more with terrorist detainees turning to the battlefield. i.s.i.l.'s leader al-bagdadi is chief among them and reports of guil gitmo returning and dispute the disturbing trends there is increase in notifications regarding detainee transfers from gitmo, general secretary and dempsey you shoulder an immense responsibility each time you sign off on or concur on these releases. i understand you are under pressure to release even more. but the rou