If he can successfully withdraw from Iraq without Iraq falling apart, if he can demonstrate that we do not want bases in Iraq, if he can, in fact, help to build a nation state of some sort of stability in Afghanistan that which would be a miracle.
Gergen outlines the critical challenges Obama faces in Iraq and Afghanistan following his speech.
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I think there ought to be a delegation of Republicans like Mitch McConnell who ought to be talking to the President.
If he comes out and throws cold water on this, then I don't think it goes anywhere.
This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.
The Trump administration is in the courts, and it is very clear they have failed miserably.
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