"It does not mean we would physically leave the country any sooner. What it means is the Iraqis

"It does not mean we would physically leave the country any sooner. What it means is the Iraqis would begin to take on a greater portion of responsibility for governing themselves sooner."
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense secretary, to American soldiers in Guam, stressing the United States will stay the course in Iraq even with a quicker transfer of power.
"When the first flight came in, we looked at each other and said 'My God, they're babies."'
Richard Udoff, 72
Of Owings Mills, Md., one of the volunteers at Baltimore-Washington International Airport who greets young soldiers returning home from Iraq for two weeks' R & amp;R.