I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free…

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

— Nick Clooney

The majority of [the troops in Iraq] is that feel they're doing the right thing and their parents who have also made sacrifices, generally…

— John McCain

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

— Barack Obama

President Obama is sending troops back to Iraq. He said, 'Don't worry, we should not be there any longer than a Kardashian marriage.'

— David Letterman

President Obama is sending a couple hundred troops to Iraq. We spent six years trying to figure a way to get out of Iraq.…

— David Letterman

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

— Barack Obama

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground…

— Madeleine Albright

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

— Karen Hughes

It is a key fact about American policy in Vietnam that the withdrawel of American troops was built into it from the start. None…

— Jonathan Schell

Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or…

— George J. Mitchell

I am shocked at the attitude of our American troops. They have no respect for death, the courage of an enemy soldier, or many…

— Charles Lindbergh

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist…

— John Conyers

I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to…

— Joe Biden

I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I…

— Kenneth Adelman

Benchmarks, yes, we want the Iraqi government to do the things that will show progress. But to say, American troops are going to leave,…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison