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Obama promises end of US combat in Iraq
Posted: 08.02.2010 at 6:48 AM Updated: 08.02.2010 at 5:05 PM
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President Barack Obama speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta.  / AP Photo
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President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end "as promised and on schedule," touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid persistent instability and uncertainty in Iraq.

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