Iraq Withdrawal: It's Official

From Yahoo News:
"Obama announces full American military withdrawal from Iraq"

President Barack Obama announced on Friday a nearly complete withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq by the end of the year. "Today, I can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home from Iraq at the end of this year," Obama said. "After nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. Over the next two months our troops in Iraq--tens of thousands of them--will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home." Obama affirmed that he has been in talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and that the Iraqi government supported the American withdrawal. The military will keep about 160 servicemen and women in Baghdad to provide security for the embassy there. Since the invasion in 2003, the war has claimed the lives of 4,478 American service members.

^ As I suspected the removal of 40,000 American soldiers from Iraq is now official and will not done by December 2011. While I do not think Obama will keep his word that "all will be home before the holidays" I do think they will be out of Iraq by then. I'm sure we will move many to Kuwait, Qatar or even Afghanistan. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-announce-full-troop-drawdown-iraq-164843571.html