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Obama in Oval Office Address: Iraq War Combat Mission is Over

(Aug. 31) -- Carrying out a major pledge of his 2008 presidential campaign, President Obama declared an end to the U.S. combat mission in Iraq Tuesday night, after 89 months of fighting that has killed 4,416 Americans and cost $708 billion so far.

Obama: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom Is Over'

WASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- Fiercely opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page." Claiming no victory, he said the nation's most urgent priority now must be fixing its own...

Obama Ends Iraq Combat Effort: 'Time to Turn the Page'

WASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- Opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq as promised, declaring: "It is time to turn the page." He said the nation's most urgent priority must be fixing its own economy. In advance excerpts of his prime-time speech to the...

Obama Tells Troops Iraq Speech Won't Be a Victory Lap

(Aug. 31) -- President Obama promised thousands of soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, Tuesday that he won't do a "victory lap'' for fulfilling his promise to end the formal U.S. combat role in Iraq and shrink American forces there to below 50,000.

Prime Minister: 'Iraq Today Is Sovereign'

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(Aug. 31) -- U.S. soldiers relinquished their combat roles today after more than seven years of fighting in Iraq, handing over their duties to Iraqi soldiers and police, whom Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki praised as equally capable. "Iraq today is sovereign and independent," al-Maliki told the country in a televised...