Obama: Troops in Iraq Will Be Home For By Year's End

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Posted Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:03 pm CT|Updated Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:07 pm CT

President Obama said Friday that troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.

"After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over," he said according to a Huffington Post report.

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