Political Quotes

My belief is that in terms of our national strategy with Iraq the successful end point would be a time when there are no longer United States combat forces on the streets of Iraq.

I am certainly hopeful that we can reduce the force structure so that we can have a different discussion regarding the end strength numbers that have been proposed.

But this does impact on the question of Iran's motivation in taking certain actions.

the issue of regional instability, what you've alluded to a number of times in your testimony, is the key.