It is clear that Germans will not [send troops] to Iraq and it is quite clear that Germans are against any military action against Iran.

The question was ... when will there be zero or no American troops in Iraq. So he was referring to that specific question.

An immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq will only strengthen the terrorists' hand in Iraq and in the broader war on terror,

I don't think that anybody has ever suggested our troops will be out of Iraq by next May, ... What I have said is in the course of next year there could be the start of the process of the handover to the Iraqis.

By the middle of next year, more than 30,000 foreign troops will pull out of Iraq.

As long as there's unrest in the Middle East and troops in Iraq, commodity prices will remain high. Oil and gas companies are spending greater amounts of capital investing in exploration and development, which is our particular niche, and that's going to generate a lot of projects in the coming years.