Political Quotes

“Tonight we need to shine light on the facts, on the truth of what is really happening in Iraq today. It is not the real story. It is not the whole story. We are getting bits and pieces, and we know that it is still a dangerous place, and they are killing American soldiers, and that is something that we ought to be concerned about. But, as we have talked about here tonight, there are positive things happening in Iraq. There are things moving forward. The Iraqi people are grateful that we have come to Iraq to liberate them. As May 1 came about and we ended major combat operations over there, I, as most Americans did, would listen to the nightly news and hear stories of death and chaos and mismanagement. And then every week we would come to Washington and get a briefing, and the story was different. So I decided in May that I had to go over there and see for myself what was occurring in Iraq and see with my own eyes because I was hearing the administration tell us what they said was happening, and then of course the national media would tell a different story. The good news is, as we have heard here tonight, when we traveled to Iraq, we did see positive things, and I was struck with three things.”