10/14/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"We are a nation at war, and the heaviest responsibilities fall to our troops in the field."
"Setting a fixed date to withdraw would 'essentially tell the enemy how long they would have to wait until we're gone.'"
"Our troops urgently need Congress to approve emergency war funds."
"Now they have a chance to show that support in deed as well as in word."