George Bush actually said...

The principle guiding my decisions on troop levels in Iraq is 'return on success' – the more successful we are, the more American troops can...

I thank the leadership of the Congress for joining us here to discuss the testimonies delivered by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker.

I thank the Members for coming and giving me their honest appraisal of whether they think we can find common ground or not.

We also had a church service earlier, and I thank particularly the Speaker and the leader for being there as well.