President Obama is not that far away from announcing the withdrawal of US Forces out of Iraq by year's end. Announcement is being made LIVE right this moment on all major US television networks.
Finally putting an end to something Bush should have never involved us in and wasted billions and possibly trillions of tax dollars.
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CBS News: 805 Billion Dollars is the estimated total of what this war has cost us to fund.
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Obama announces end of Iraq war, troops to return home by year end
After nearly a decade of fighting, President Obama on Friday announced the end of the Iraq war, keeping his campaign promise from 2008.
"Today I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays," Mr. Obama said in the White House briefing room, "the long war in Iraq will come to an end by the end of this year."
Ahead of his announcement, a White House aide said "the partnership between the U.S. and Iraq will be a normal one between two sovereign nations."
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