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Assad’s Fall in Syria Might Keep the American Military in Iraq
The United States of America has maintained some degree of military presence ever since March 19, 2003, when the Iraq War, ...
U.S. and Iraq Agree to Withdraw American Troops by the End of 2026
But he has been careful not to rule out a small but indefinite American troop presence, which some Iraqi military commanders ...
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Soldiers from Fort Riley will deploy to Iraq for Islamic State mission
“This will also increase the United States’ capacity to target ISIL and coordinate the activities of the U.S. military across Iraq.” President Barack Obama has pledged that American troops ...
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Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
As the United States returned sovereignty to the Iraqis in June 2004 ... American interests. By 2007, the Bush administration had implemented the surge, an increase of 30,000 troops to calm Iraq.