The overall strategy has failed, because we have not seen any change in behavior among Iraq's political leaders. And that is the essence of what we should be trying to do in Iraq. That's why I'm going to bring this war to a close.
Barack Obama critiques the current Iraq strategy and expresses his commitment to ending the war.
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I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.
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It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
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