Timetable quotes

President Bush; June 24, 2005:
"There's not going to be any timetables. I mean, I've told this to the Prime Minister. We are there to complete a mission, and it's an important mission. A democratic Iraq is in the interest of the United States of America, and it's in the interest of laying the foundation for peace. And if that's the mission, then why would you -- why would you say to the enemy, you know, here's a timetable, just go ahead and wait us out? It doesn't make any sense to have a timetable. You know, if you give a timetable, you're -- you're conceding too much to the enemy."

General George Casey; July 27, 2005:
"I do believe we'll be able to take some fairly substantial reductions after these elections in the spring and summer of next year"