Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “you know, there has been a whole lot of twisted-up debate on time tables and whether we are insisting on a time table…”

“you know, there has been a whole lot of twisted-up debate on time tables and whether we are insisting on a time table and withdrawal, and whether the withdrawal is immediate or 6 months. When we talk about the drawn-down of troops, and the fact that we need to make sure that it is the Iraqi people that are ultimately responsible for running their own country, we are referring to the President's objectives that he said that he wants to see. And the other day I heard the President talking about that we will withdraw and begin to withdraw troops from Iraq when we have objectives that are reached. Well, what the heck does that mean? Does it mean that when 50 percent of the Iraqi battalions are fully independent? Does it mean 75 percent? Where are the benchmarks? I mean, it is fine to say that we need to have objectives about this. We should not leave or withdraw troops until we meet objectives. But what are those objectives? I need something concrete to be able to go home and tell my constituents. I mean, we have got 2,013 American lives that have been lost, and 50 percent of those kids have been kids under the age of 22. There is some serious accountability that needs to be brought to bear here. And, you know, vague references to objectives that should be met by the President is not what I call accountability, not when you have $223 billion being spent on this war.”