From his official website, quote, I'd go to the Wayback Machine to gather this one. Quote, Barack Obama believes we must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in. Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq, ending the war. The removal of the troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of one to two brigades per month that would remove all of them in 16 months. That's where the 16-month number comes from, not from a promise to bring everyone home within that time period, but that it was assessment that what military experts... Gotcha.