In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq.

This was a strong repudiation of Democratic efforts to pass legislation calling for immediate, premature withdrawal from Iraq before the mission was complete.

I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home.

The question of recalling our troops from Iraq was not discussed and is not on the agenda for debates,

We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism.

pull the troops from Iraq.