This new strategy will not yield an immediate end to suicide bombings, assassinations or IED attacks.

Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops. We will disrupt the attacks on our forces.

Their solution is to scale back America's efforts in Baghdad or announce the phased withdrawal of our combat forces.

If Iran escalates its military action in Iraq to the detriment of our troops and/or innocent Iraqi people, we will respond firmly.

If they are moving weapons inside Iraq that will hurt the cause of democracy and, more particularly, hurt our soldiers, we will take care of business there.

The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people.

Now, some are trying to say that because we are enforcing -- helping ourselves in Iraq by -- by stopping outside influence from killing our soldiers or hurting Iraqi people that we want to expand beyond this beyond the borders. That's…

Most people recognize that failure would be a disaster for the United States. And, in that I'm the decision-maker, I had to come up with a way forward that precluded disaster.

If somebody's trying to harm our troops, or stop us from achieving our goal, or killing innocent citizens in Iraq, that we will stop them.

It's one thing to say this is the goal. It's another thing to actually participate in achieving that goal.

Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq, and I ask you to give it a chance to work. And I ask you to support our troops in the field and those on their way.

America is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will enable us to live our lives less dependent on oil.