Critics of President Obama blame him for a litany of problems that America faces, throwing some of his campaign pledged back in his face in saying that he hasn't delivered as promised during his messianic campaign of 2007-2008.
But supporters of the president respond with a list of campaign promises made and kept, and one of them that you hear from Obama himself is how he campaigned to end the war in Iraq – and how he's going to make good on that pledge by year's end.
A Status of Forces Agreement signed during the Bush administration dictates that all U.S. troops will be out of that country by December 31,2011.
So what to make of a report in the Los Angeles Times that the White House is prepared to keep as many as 10,000 troops in that country?
This article appears in Jul 7-13, 2011.
