02/06/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"No number of troops will resolve the challenge of Afghanistan. Every military leader has said there is no military solution."
"[w]e have not introduced our armed forces into hostilities. No American is being shot at."
"We have exceeded expectations on the core goal of defeating al-Qaeda--killing more than half of its top 30 leaders, including Osama Bin Laden."
"I think it's been in America's strategic interests and in America's values to have stood the test of time here."