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Leon Panetta: “We are planning to remove all of our troops from Iraq by the end of the year.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
We are planning to remove all of our troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Panetta outlines the timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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