Joe Manchin actually said...

I continue to believe that this decision represents a failure of leadership, both Iraqi and American, that it was a sad case of political ex...

While my position on the withdrawal of U.S. military forces is not driven by domestic politics, it is nonetheless good domestic politics.

U.S. troops should leave because they are the wrong instrument for the political problems that the Iraqis now face.

Our military withdrawal, as agreed to in the 2008 Security Agreement, sends a clear message to the Iraqi people and the Arab world that the ...