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Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz testified to Congress that Shinseki ’ s estimate of the number of troops required was ‘ wildly off the mark ’ . I advanced a step , and listened to the sound of his tranquil breathing . I did not at first know what to make of this extraordinary phenomenon ; not being able to believe that my rate of ascent had , of a sudden , met with so prodigious an acceleration . But because Rumsfeld wanted to prove a point about transforming American military strategy , and his neo-conservative advisors had ideological blinders that distorted their appraisal of Iraqi reality , Shinseki ’ s advice was rejected . " And with that I givd the flipper a big squaze , and a big squaze it was , by the powers , that her leddyship giv 'd to me back .