Para komandan mereka telah mengingatkan bahwa masa tugas kedua mereka selama satu tahun yang dijadwalkan berakhir Oktober dapat diperpanjang sementara Presiden AS George W. Bush belakangan memperingatkan tentara bahwa terlalu cepat unhtuk berkemas dan pulang.
Their commanders had cautioned that their second one-year tour due to end in October could be prolonged while US President George W. Bush later warned troops it was too soon to pack up and go home.