11/17/2006
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Success in Iraq would bring something powerful and new, a democracy in the heart of the Middle East."
"I firmly believe that historians would look back on that decision to withdraw, and say: 'What happened to them in the year 2007?'"
"America's air is cleaner, our water is purer, our natural resources are better protected."
"We fully recognize that there has to be political progress and economic progress, along with military progress, in order for that government to succeed."