Carl Levin actually said...

The U.S. military presence in Iraq was a source of recruitment for Iranian-backed extremist groups in Iraq.

It will be vitally important that the United States work with the Iraqi political leadership and the United Nations to ensure: (1) that thos...

I do think we should take a long view of this thing.

You said you helped manage the negotiations on whether and how to extend the December 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.