Friday, February 27, 2009

President Obama Gives Major Speech on Iraq

President Obama Gives Major Speech on Iraq
Plans Troop Pullout from Iraq of most of our combat troops by August 31, 2010
Friday, February 27, 2009
White House Photo
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"Let me say this as plainly as I can. By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end"
President Obama
. About photo: U.S. Soldiers assigned to 556th Signal Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division–Baghdad wait to board a transit bus on Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2009. The Soldiers are taking the bus to a staging area for redeployment back to Hawaii, concluding their 15-month deployment to Iraq.
DoD photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Smith, U.S. Army
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Remarks of President Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery

Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Friday, February 27, 2009
Click HERE to read full Transcript of Speech
(Note: I will post the video as soon as one comes up)
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* FOXNews.com has the following report…
President Obama, declaring there is "renewed cause for hope in Iraq," on Friday announced his plan to end combat operations in Iraq by August of next year…
Read the full report at link below…
Obama Announces Plan to End Iraq Combat Missions by August 2010
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* Reuters brings us this report…
Republican Senator John McCain, who battled Barack Obama hard on the campaign trail on the Iraq war, said Friday he supports President Obama's plans to remove U.S. combat forces from Iraq over 19 months…
Read the rest at link below…
McCain backs Obama Iraq pullout plan
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* VOANews.com reports it this way…
U.S. President Barack Obama says he will withdraw all American combat troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010… Mr. Obama made the announcement Friday to Marines at Camp Lejeune, a U.S. military base in the southeastern state of North Carolina…The president says up to 50,000 troops could stay in Iraq for limited missions in training and combating terrorism, but that he intends to remove all troops from Iraq by the end of 2011…
Read their report in full at link below…
Obama Announces Iraq Exit Plan
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President Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Speech
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AubreyJ………

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