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Obama Announces U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Iraq

Feb. 27, 2009
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Feb. 27 -- President Obama announced plans Friday to withdraw the bulk of U.S. forces from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, and to pull out all remaining troops by the end of 2011, ending the war in Iraq and launching "a new era of American leadership and engagement in the Middle...
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials have delayed implementing Iraq troop withdrawals to give President Barack Obama more time to consider his options, sources say.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama has given his national security team its marching orders to begin planning an end to the war in Iraq but set no timetable, officials said.

Generals' and Obama troop plans differ

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama's transition team says it's gathering information about U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
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McCain's Iraq policy seen undercut by Bush

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Iraqis 'like' Obama, mixed on withdrawal

BAGHDAD, July 17 (UPI) -- Iraqi military officials indicate support for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is tempered by his U.S. troop withdrawal proposal, The New York Times says.
Obama hails Maliki's troop withdrawal call

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NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama hailed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for a schedule for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq as an "enormous opportunity."
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler