The President's News Conference
12/29/1977
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitm...
But my hope is that there will be some clarification of what the United States is doing now and what they will be doing ...
We Democrats have never been neutral about liberty and we Democrats will never waver in our duty to keep America strong ...
I would prefer a much more rapid withdrawal myself and I don't know what the, you know, what the recommendation will be ...