the progress made remains fragile and that further troop pullouts after the surge forces leave would have to wait.
This time we will have the force levels we need to hold the areas that have been cleared.
I want to tell the people of the Middle East that the practices that took place in that prison are abhorrent and they don't represent Americ...
The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people. It is clear that we need to change our strategy in Iraq.
We will complete our mission in Iraq and leave behind a democracy that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself.
One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, 'Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve.' Because they la...
They want to run us out of Iraq. The violence we have seen is a power grab by these extreme and ruthless elements.
Today, the people of Iraq have spoken to the world. And the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East.
I have vowed in the past, and I will vow so long as I'm president to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain.
There is no justification for the brutal execution of Nicholas Berg.