Aug 31, 2010 ... But make no mistake: This transition will begin -- because open-ended war  serves neither our interests nor the Afghan people's.” President Barack Obama  Delivers an Oval Office Address on Iraq. President Barack Obama delivers an  address to the nation on the end of the combat mission in Iraq from the ...
Aug 31, 2010 ... WASHINGTON — President Obama declared an end on Tuesday to the seven- year American combat mission in Iraq , saying that the United States has met its  ... “But make no mistake: this transition will begin, because open-ended war  serves neither our interests nor the Afghan people's,” he said. This was ...
Oct 21, 2011 ... Last year, the President made progress toward achieving that goal. He brought  an end to the combat mission in Iraq, and through the course of the past 14  months, more than 100,000 troops have returned to their families. Now, that  promise will be wholly fulfilled. Today, President Obama announced that ...
Aug 31, 2010 ... Richard Adams: Barack Obama addressed Americans on the end of US combat  missions in Iraq. ... We have persevered because of a belief we share with the  Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be  born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in ...
The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq began in December 2007 with the  end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was completed by December 2011,  bringing an end to the Iraq War. The number of U.S. military forces in Iraq peaked  at 170,300 in November 2007. The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq ...
Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended.