Huge night for the influential American Enterprise Institute, with the president speaking at their annual dinner. A preview from the presidential address:
Rebuilding Iraq will require a sustained commitment from many nations,
including our own: We will remain in Iraq as long as necessary, and not a day
more. America has made and kept this kind of commitment before–in the peace
that followed a world war. After defeating enemies, we did not leave behind
occupying armies, we left constitutions and parliaments. We established an
atmosphere of safety, in which responsible, reform-minded local leaders could
build lasting institutions of freedom. In societies that once bred fascism and
militarism, liberty found a permanent home.