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Number two, with regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you— PRESIDENT OBAMA: That's not true.
MR. ROMNEY: Oh, you didn't— you didn't want a status of forces agreement?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: No, but what I— what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.
MR. ROMNEY: I'm sorry, you actually— there was a—
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Here— here is— here is—
MR. ROMNEY: There was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. And I concurred in that and said we should have some number of troops that stayed on. That was something I concurred with.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor—
MR. ROMNEY: That was your posture. That was my posture as well.
I thought it should have been 5,000 troops.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor—
MR. ROMNEY: I thought it should have been more troops. But you— (inaudible).
PRESIDENT OBAMA: This is just a few weeks ago.
MR. ROMNEY: The answer was, we got no troop (through ?) whatsoever.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: This is just a few weeks ago that you indicated that we should still have troops in Iraq.
MR. ROMNEY: No, I didn't. I'm sorry, that's—
PRESIDENT OBAMA: You made a major speech.
MR. ROMNEY: I indicated— I indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end of the conflict that—
MR. SCHIEFFER: Governor—
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Governor, here's— here's one thing— here's one thing— here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief.
MR. SCHIEFFER: Let him have— (inaudible).
PRESIDENT OBAMA: You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean. Now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in Iraq. That is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the Middle East.
