Eyewitness account

Senator Harry Reid, Democrat Majority Leader

To this day, President Bush lacks a plan to complete the mission, so our troops can come home. His current strategy of more of the same is not working.

ABC News Reporter Terry McCarthy

It's been about seven weeks since the US troop surge into Baghdad began, and so far about half of the 30,000 troops have arrived. ...

The locals told us that things are getting better. Children's playgrounds are filling up, shopping streets are busier, and people have time to drink a cup of tea, or eat an ice cream.

And he has video to back him up.