12/04/2009
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I'm running for president because it's time to turn the page on a failed ideology."
"On day one, I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden, as heavy as it is, but because it is the right thing to do."
"On day one, I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden as heavy as it is. But because it is the right thing to do."