Joe Manchin actually said...

I would encourage you to take back to the Secretary the request to put this on hold, to pull this order until we can all work together on it...

This new chapter in U.S.-Iraqi relations after December is not an abandonment of Iraq.

It is time to complete the transition of responsibility for Iraq's security now to the Iraq Government.

The authors of that agreement always intended for it to be renegotiated at a later date to allow some U.S. forces to remain in Iraq.