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Barack Obama: Let me say this as plainly as I can. By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.

On the recordFebruary 19, 2017
Let me say this as plainly as I can. By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the timeline for ending the combat mission in Iraq.

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