National President Obama: All U.S. Troops Will be Out of Iraq by End of the Year, Oct. 21, 2011 by Rosemary Piser on October 21, 2011 Rosemary Piser Author More in National: Rep. Kelly Condemns FDA Approval of Flavored E-Cigarettes May 6, 2026 Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Ban Slavery in Wisconsin February 24, 2026 Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2011. President Obama has just announced that the United States will withdraw almost all its troops from Iraq by the end of this year.