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There are currently 41,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, virtually all of whom will be pulled by Dec. 31, the Huffington Post reports.
President Barack Obama said on Friday that he will pull out all American troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
From the Huffington Post:
"As a candidate for president, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end," Obama said. "So today I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year."
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"After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over," he said.
In confirming his plans for troop withdrawal by the end of 2011, the president fulfilled the most memorable pledge he made in securing the nomination of president from his party. There had been reports the administration had been plotting ways to renegotiate the Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government so as to prolong America's presence in the country. Those rumors heightened concerns among Democrats who backed Obama in part because of his pledge to end the war in Iraq.
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