will vote overwhelmingly against it but will be unable to defeat it.

That means political unity, which is absolutely essential to defeat the insurgency, does not exist in Iraq, ... Meet the Press.

The presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited. The administration's repeated statements that we will stay in Iraq as long as needed sends the wrong message. We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking that they have unlimited time to reach a broad-based political settlement.

We've got to hope that he will take steps to end the stress on the forces, because this force is under huge stress, ... He's seen firsthand that mistakes have been made. He could forcefully decide that he's going to speak out and speak up.

Our commanders in the field have consistently told us that there will not be a military victory over the insurgency without a political coming-together of the major Iraqi groups.

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.