Happens Quote by John F. Kerry

It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia…

— Anonymous

The end of foreign occupation is one of the pre-requisites if we are to witness any progress in our efforts to help Iraq go…

— Amr Moussa

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate…

— Bob Kerrey

I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they…

— Condoleezza Rice

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

I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.

— George W. Bush

We're making progress. Our military is assisting in Iraq. And we're hoping that within the year we'll be able to push ISIS out of…

— Hillary Clinton

Ultimately, success is going to be up to the reformers, just like in Iraq. It's going to require Iraqis, the will of Iraqis to…

— George W. Bush

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.

— Anonymous

It is time to put policy ahead of politics and success ahead of the status quo. It is time for a new strategy to…

— Hillary Clinton

Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi)…

— Peter Rodman

We need to continue our full support of the nascent Iraqi government by helping to rebuild their economic infrastructure and maintain security while training…

— Pat Roberts