We have to come together -- not as Republicans and Democrats -- but as Americans to turn the page in Iraq.

The Legislative Black Caucus has fought for a more equal and just government that represents all Californians, not just those with money and access.

Our troops have done a tremendous job in Iraq, and we know they'll do whatever is asked of them-but it's time for the administration to come clean and acknowledge that no amount of American heroism is going to force Iraq's leaders to…

I opposed this war from the beginning.

And I'm going to work like heck for the next 14 months to get Virginians to hire me.

Whatever Republicans are saying in public, no one in either party ignores the political risk of facing voters next year, with so many Americans still at risk here in Iraq.

John McCain slamming Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton over her questioning of General David Petraeus during yesterday's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

The Maliki government has not seized the opportunity.

His plan is neither a drawdown, nor a change in mission that we need. His plan is simply more of the same -- to keep at least 130,000 troops, American troops, in the midst of an intractable civil war. This is unacceptable to me. It's…

I have big goals for America.

Clinton says she is giving back more than $800,000 he raised.

It's time to turn the corner, in my view, gentlemen.

I believe we cannot choose to lose in Iraq.

And we honor the brave men and women of the United States military -- and their families -- for bearing an awesome burden these last six years.

As America marks the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we pause to remember each and every victim and to grieve with the families that lost a loved one.

We give thanks for the emergency responders who set an example of selfless sacrifice that we will never forget.

I think that we should not have had this discussion on 9/11 or 9/10 or 9/12, because I think it perpetuates this notion that, somehow, the original decision to go into Iraq was directly related to the attacks on 9/11.

This continues to be a disastrous foreign policy mistake.