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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