04/26/2010
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"It will be vitally important that the United States work with the Iraqi political leadership and the United Nations to ensure: (1) that those elections happen on time; and (2) that they are free, fair..."
"The U.S. military presence in Iraq was a source of recruitment for Iranian-backed extremist groups in Iraq."
"leaving Iraq on the terms dictated by its sovereign government will put to bed the very real perception that the United States invaded the country to transform it into its '51st state.'"
"I do think we should take a long view of this thing."