Political Quotes

On the recordJune 26, 2008
We can continue spending $10 billion to $12 billion a month in Iraq and leave our troops there for the next 20 or 50 or 100 years. Or we can decide that it's time to be in a responsible, gradual withdrawal from Iraq. That's the choice in this election.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama outlines the contrasting choices regarding U.S. military involvement in Iraq for the upcoming election.

Share

More from Barack Obama

Jun 19, 2026

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

theguardian.com
Jun 19, 2026

the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"

bbc.com
Jun 18, 2026

We don’t have any folks who grill here?

abcnews.com

Other voices in this conversation