You had that opportunity, but that opportunity was only going to be realized if America stayed there like we did in Europe and Japan and South Korea. Leave behind a stabilizing force after we sacrificed so much. Almost 4,500 lives, 32,000 wounded, $850 billion spent [in Iraq]. President Obama came into office and Iraq was largely stable. His job was to maintain that stability and hopefully increase it. (03:38–03:43)
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