“Keep in mind that I have put us on a path where we’re going to have this war over by the end of 2014, that our troops will be coming out, but we’ll be coming out responsibly.”
“Keep in mind that I have put us on a path where we’re going to have this war over by the end of 2014, that our troops will be coming out, but we’ll be coming out responsibly.”
— President Barack Obama, as his administration and its allies insisted the alleged massacre of Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier would not speed up plans to pull out forces.
“We have to either make a decision to make a full commitment, which this president has not done, or we have to decide to get out and probably get out sooner (than planned in 2014).”
— Rick Santorum, GOP presidential hopeful, speaking about Afghanistan.