Barack Obama actually said...

Every mission that's been assigned from getting rid of Saddam to reducing violence to stabilizing the country, to facilitating elections, you have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement and for that you have the thanks of the American people.

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President Obama expresses gratitude to the troops for their role in establishing democracy in Iraq.

04/06/2009

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