Barack Quote by David Letterman

The Democrats say that President Bush doesn't have an exit strategy for Iraq. Of course he does. If things don't go well, he exits…

— Jay Leno

We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.

— Max Cleland

I applaud President Obama's decision to begin a partial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. However, I believe that we must go further…

— Susan Bysiewicz

When President [Barack] Obama announced that he was leaving Iraq, I mean, he was talking about dates and times and what we're going to…

— Donald Trump

I think Barack Obama has the overall right strategy and he's been right to resist bringing in massive numbers of American troops. The Iraqis…

— Adam Schiff

If you can't define a winning exit strategy for the American people, where we somehow come out ahead, then we're wasting our money, and…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a plan that…

— Jeremy Scahill

Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.

— David Corn

My guess is that before Obama departs, he will adopt some of the more aggressive military options he has been resisting, such as 'safe…

— David Ignatius

The question is: How do we succeed in Iraq? And you don't succeed by leaving before the mission is complete, like some in this…

— George W. Bush

Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States'…

— Ron Fournier

Barack Obama became president, and he abandoned Iraq. He left, and when he left Al Qaida was done for. ISIS was created because of…

— Jeb Bush