David Gergen actually said...

I think it's going to be received by a lot of people as too middle of the road, not a clear way out on the military side.

It was a huge embarrassment.

It seems to me almost impossible now for the president to come out of a meeting with Mr. Maliki in the next few hours and say with a straigh...

Of course we believe in withdrawal. There's no timetable here. And we'll do it when the mission is completed.