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With Pledges to Troops and Iraqis, Obama Details Pullout

Feb. 27, 2009
President Obama announced that he would withdraw combat forces from Iraq by August 2010 and all remaining American troops by December 2011.
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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