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August 23, 2010

Gen. Odierno: US Troops May Stay in Iraq After 2011
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The Army’s top commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, admitted Sunday US
troops may stay in Iraq beyond the 2011 withdrawal date. Odierno made
the comment on CNN’s State of the Union.

Gen. Odierno: "If the government of Iraq requests some technical
assistance in fielding, systems that allow them to continue to protect
themselves from external threats, we could be here. I mean, you know, we
have agreements like that in Saudi Arabia, we have agreements like that
in Egypt, that continues to help them to develop their infrastructure
and security architecture. If that’s what we’re talking about,
potentially we could be there [in Iraq] beyond 2011."



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