The departure could not have come at a more inopportune time.

We did not see anything in the second quarter results that would cause us to alter our full year 2005 stand-alone estimate for Federated of $4.58 per share,

That's not setting a date for departure at this time, ... That's simply conveying clearly and forcefully to the Iraqis that the presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

We had a lot of unforced turnovers. We made bad passes at inopportune times, and they converted off of them.

Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.