US troops out of Iraq by 2010?

President Barack Obama has announced the withdrawal of most US troops in Iraq by the end of August 2010. 

In a speech at a Marine Corps base, he said the US "combat mission" in Iraq would officially end by that time. 

But 35,000 to 50,000 of the 142,000 troops now in Iraq will stay on into 2011 to advise Iraqi forces, target terror and protect US interests. More...

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