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Post by deepsea on Jun 13, 2014 6:58:36 GMT -4
But Obama and Maliki, who have never developed much personal chemistry, failed to reach agreement on the legal status of U.S. troops who would stay in Iraq beyond Dec. 31. As a result, only a contingent of fewer than 200 Marines assigned to help protect the large U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad will remain, along with a small number of other personnel to provide training related to new military sales and other tasks. “The rest of our troops in Iraq will come home,” Obama said Friday at the White House, adding that they will “be home for the holidays.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/all-us-troops-to-leave-iraq/2011/10/21/gIQAUyJi3L_story.htmlWORKED OUT WELL?
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Post by frankf on Jun 13, 2014 8:01:32 GMT -4
Sure did.
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Post by oriolesfan on Jun 13, 2014 8:08:36 GMT -4
So when we going back in?
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Post by deepsea on Jun 13, 2014 10:50:32 GMT -4
"We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq." - President Obama
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