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After the Iraq Study Group released its recommendations on December 6, 2006, President Bush followed on January 10, 2007, with an announcement of a new strategy for the Iraq War. The President’s plan proposed an increase of 28,500 U.S. troops to help improve security in Baghdad and counter Al Qaeda operatives in Anbar Province. After the President’s announcement, a number of bills were introduced in the House and Senate that reflected congressional opposition to the “surge” of U.S. forces and that offered alternative plans for changing the U.S. forces’ mission in Iraq.