the Executive order the President issued in October took steps toward advancing these goals.
I have been working with several of my colleagues on this committee to come up with a broad, permanent solution.
The outcome has been exactly as predicted.
History will show, Secretary Panetta, that they were ready to negotiate in May and we would not give them a hard number.
The fact is when Senator Lieberman, Senator Graham, and I were there, the Iraqis were ready to deal.
In the view of every military expert that I know, we are now at greater risk than we were if we had had a residual force...
The departure of U.S. military forces from Iraq in the coming weeks, consistent with our legal obligations, can contribu...
We have a solemn responsibility to stay committed to Iraq's success.
I do not think there is any two greater deficit hawks than Senator Graham and me.
Iraq's progress is now at greater risk than at any time since the dark days before the surge.
This is not about us. It is about what the Iraqis want to do and the decisions that they want to make.