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US Troop Level in Iraq Drops Below 50,000

BAGHDAD (Aug. 24) -- The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the American military said in a statement Tuesday. The number is a watershed - American forces will no longer...

In Iraq, the World's Biggest Embassy Isn't Big Enough

WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- As the U.S. war footing in Iraq officially ends, officials say the world's largest embassy -- the U.S. mission in Baghdad -- isn't big enough to support peacetime diplomacy on its own. The State Department plans to open four diplomatic offices outside Baghdad by the end of 2011, when all U.S....