
The White House · WASHINGTON, D.C. –
“As Commander-in-Chief … today I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.
After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.”
– President Barack Obama earlier
today, fulfilling a promise to the American people by announcing all troops will
be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the 2011, effectively ending the war in
Iraq. Watch
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