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July 27, 2021

U.S. Troops to Remain in Iraq, But Biden Says "Combat Mission" Is Ending
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President Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi have signed
an agreement to formally end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end
of the year, more than 18 years after the 2003 invasion. But the
agreement is largely symbolic as the U.S. will keep troops in Iraq
indefinitely in an advisory role.

President Joe Biden: "I think things are going well. Our role in Iraq
will be as a - dealing with not - it's just to be available, to continue
to train, to assist, to help and to deal with ISIS as it - as it
arrives. But we are not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat
mission."



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