A Letter from Iraq: Spc Michael Carlson

The White House is shrugging off newly revealed documents about planning for the Iraq war.

The plans, done before the 2003 invasion, show top military officers figured that as few as five-thousand American soldiers would still be in Iraq by now.

Currently the US has about 132 thousand troops on the ground there.

About 150 of them are with the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard.

In our continuing series of interviews with members of the 36-43rd, NHPR's Mark Bevis speaks with Specialist Michael Carlson.