Bill Clinton actually said...

"We have a long way to go, but we're making progress."

"We don't want to set a fixed timetable, if that led to chaos, the establishment of permanent terrorist operations in the Sunni section of Iraq, and long-term greater instability in the Middle East."

"But we don't want to set a timetable now before this election."

"I think we will have to drawdown our troops."