12/09/2008
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"You've promised that you're going to get out. Iraq has been on simmer."
"The president has already pledged 3,000 and they think we ought to go far beyond that."
"What you as a new president have to make sure is, that if this thing gets a lot worse, all the blame doesn't come to you, so you lose on your political stand."
"What the new president wants to do is see if you can stabilize the place and make sure it's not a center of terrorism to threaten us."