Richard Lugar actually said...

How great a success are the Iraqis having, or will they likely have, over the long term in developing their own capacity?

as Senator Lugar described, before Iraq will have meaningful new oil revenue.

Our ideal for Iraq is that it becomes a stable, pluralistic society that enjoys a genuinely representative government, maintains a self-sust...

Although the visibility of Iraq as a foreign policy issue has been reduced as the American troop presence has been drawn down, we will conti...