01/01/2009
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"I asked the military leadership to engage in additional planning necessary to execute a responsible military drawdown from Iraq."
"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real."
"This legacy is not simply a birthright—it is a glorious burden."
"Let us remember that: 'The mystic chords of memory... will yet swell the chorus of the Union.'"