President Barack Obama Outlines Exit Plan for Iraq, Combat Troops to be Out by Aug. 2010

President Barack Obama outlined his plan for U.S. troop withdrawal in Iraq while addressing a crowd at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Friday.

As part of his outline Obama stated that all U.S. combat troops would be out of Iraq by Aug. 2010 but up to 50,000 troops would remain behind to act as advisors for Iraqi forces as well as protect U.S. interests in the country and monitor terrorism threats.

Those troops left behind would be gone by the end of 2011 according to Obama’s outline, which would be approximately one year after Iraq holds elections.

Obama stated, “We have also taken into account the simple reality that America can no longer afford to see Iraq in isolation from other priorities: we face the challenge of refocusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan; of relieving the burden on our military; and of rebuilding our struggling economy - and these are challenges that we will meet.”

Obama stressed that while the U.S. had waged “a long war” in Iraq the strategy has shifted and a more political approach must be taken and many of those decisions need to be mad by Iraqis.

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