John Murtha Tells 60 Minutes That We will Be Out of Iraq By End of Year...

(CBS) The vast majority of American troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this year. Who says so? Congressman John Murtha says so, and he explains his plan to make that happen to correspondent Mike Wallace. The 73-year-old Democrat from Pennsylvania is a much-decorated war hero from Vietnam and Korea; a heavyweight in military matters in the Congress who stunned the Bush White House last November by calling for the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq.
"Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. They are united against U.S. forces, and we have become a catalyst for violence," Rep. Murtha says. "My plan calls for an immediate redeployment of U.S. troops consistent with the safety of U.S. forces." And now he tells 60 Minutes the withdrawal is going to happen sooner than we think. "I think the vast majority will be out by the end of the year. And I’m hopeful it’ll be out sooner than that," the congressman says.