Nato today faces greater threats to its long-term future than it ever did at the height of the Cold War. Now is the time to replace immobile armies with more flexible, rapid response forces.
It hadn't improved so we decided to give him time off.
Troops are facing a dark time in Iraq but we won't quit,
We're in the south to help and protect the Afghan people to reconstruct their economy and democracy. We would be perfectly happy to leave in three year's time without firing one shot.
When you have stability, it will be time to depart,
It is right that people should be able to have a civilized drink at whatever time they want,
We will be there until conditions are met for a handover to the Iraqis, when they have sufficient forces. This will not be an event; it will be a process. It will not happen at the same time in every part of the country; it will happen over a period of time,