This administration did it to keep President Bush's word, and the word of the United States, that by December 31, 2011, all, all, all, 100 percent, said President Bush and signed it, of our troops would be out.
Ackerman defends the troop withdrawal as fulfilling a commitment made by President Bush.
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To try to blame that on the administration is like me trying to blame President Bush for Pluto being thrown out of the list of planets.
Today the Middle East is a very different region than the one I first encountered as a new Member of Congress in 1983.
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