"People may be upset. I wish I didn't have to say this...
(The United States needs to continue with its military troops surge) "at least into early next year, then engage in a gradual redeployment. … I know it's going to cost hundreds of American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars.
"One, I think we're making real progress."
"Secondly, I think the consequences of pulling back precipitously would be potentially catastrophic for the Iraqi people themselves, to whom we have a tremendous responsibility … and in the long run chaotic for the region as a whole and for our own security."
- Rep. Brian Baird, Democrat, Washington, 3rd District.
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