ALBANY, N.Y. -- Married in a red, white and blue gown in 2003, Iraq War veteran Traci St. Denis believes in what the troops are doing overseas.

"Just like the Revolutionary War, we had to have France and Spain help us gain our independence," she said. "Iraqi people are no different. They need people's help, and it didn't happen overnight."

After serving three years running convoys for the Iraqi police, St. Denis thinks the U.S. military needs more time over there and does not support President-elect Barack Obama's timetable.

St. Denis said, "We need to be patient. We need to let the system work, and that's what we're all over there fighting for, is so that another people can be independent as we are."

Troops who have defended that freedom from World War II to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are waiting to see how the new president will handle the current problems.

Vietnam War vet Milt Greenfield said, "He made a lot of promises to get in. I didn't vote for him. I'm a Republican, but that's my choice, but he's commander in chief no matter which way you look at it."

Dan Wilcox of Veterans for Peace said, "I think maybe one of the reasons Barack Obama is president is because of the work that we've been doing in the peace movement to try and get a person like him in there, but we have to keep pressure on him."

For the Veterans for Peace organization, the timetable Obama set out isn't soon enough to get our troops back home.

Wilcox said, "The best way to bring peace to the world is to stop killing people because actually what most soldiers are fighting for is to end that war and come home."

Regardless of their views, the veterans said they have to wait and see what Obama does when he's in office. His inauguration is Jan. 20.