Sestak: Strategic approach needed end Iraq war

A few days ago Joe Sestak (D, PA-7) wrote a statement about the Iraq war troop withdrawal bill (to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by April 2008) that was up for vote. Sestak wrote the following, an excerpt from the entire statement in Politico:

We need a strategic approach to ending this war because the consequences of failure are immense. Congress is close, as it should be, to ending this tragic misadventure but we need to set a date certain for a safe redeployment. Ending this war is necessary, but insufficient. How we end it, and by what means, are more important for our troops' safety and our own security. It takes a strategic approach that defines the "end" of the commitment which President Bush once said would not be open-ended. The Congress must define why and how such an approach is in our best interests, including for a stable aftermath in Iraq. It can be done by a timely date-certain; we must define it to the public and the world for it is our responsibility to do so when the consequences are so great for our nation.