President Obama: American Combat Mission in Iraq Has Ended

by Rosemary Piser on September 1, 2010

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2010. President Obama in tonight’s prime time address from the Oval Office announced that "…the American combat mission in Iraq has ended." The President said that the "…Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country."