A portion of Obama's address at Camp Lejeune, NC, today:

Next month will mark the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq. By any measure, this has already been a long war. For the men and women of America's armed forces — and for your families — this war has been one of the most extraordinary chapters of service in the history of our nation. You have endured tour after tour after tour of duty. You have known the dangers of combat and the lonely distance of loved ones. You have fought against tyranny and disorder. You have bled for your best friends and for unknown Iraqis. And you have borne an enormous burden for your fellow citizens, while extending a precious opportunity to the people of Iraq. Under tough circumstances, the men and women of the United States military have served with honor, and succeeded beyond any expectation.

Today, I have come to speak to you about how the war in Iraq will end.

The short version: combat mission will be over by August 31, 2010, and all troops will be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. The number of times he uses the word "honor": five. And in addition to what he has to say to America, he also takes a moment to speak directly to the Iraqis, and in a flourish Lincoln would approve of, says, "our nations have known difficult times together" and "ours is a bond forged by shared bloodshed." These are the words by which we're going to remember the beginning of the end of the Iraq War.