Joe Manchin actually said...

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.

Currently the Nation is virtually energy independent in the stationary sector. Neither natural gas nor coal--the fossil fuels most important...

We are completing the drawdown of our forces by the end of this year.

We've declared energy independence. We don't believe that we should be dependent on a drop of foreign oil.