Roland Burris actually said...

But how do you reconcile that with, we will begin to assess it?

So you could then withdraw one battalion or a squadron can go home and say, 'well, now we've started our withdrawal,' and then we halt it to...

In July 2011 we believe--I am comfortable it is his intent we start to reduce the overall number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Thanks to the same old political games.