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January 20, 2009. President Obama is inaugurated into office. During the campaign, he promised to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home. “ We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people. ” - President Barack Obama, inauguration speech.
On 27 February 2009, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, President Barack Obama announced his revision to the original date of withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq. The revision was to extend the original date of 30 June 2009 for an additional 10 months, to 31 August 2010.
It would withdraw U.S. combat forces by August 2010, leaving a residual force of 30,000 to 50,000 troops: President Barack Obama plans to remove all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August...
Aug 25, 2010 · February 27 - New U.S. President Barack Obama announces plan to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by August 31, 2010, but says will leave up to 50,000 troops to train Iraqi forces. June 30 -...
Jul 15, 2008 · July 15, 2008. WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama said Tuesday that he remained determined to end the war in Iraq on a 16-month schedule, shrugging off sharp criticism of any timetable from...
Aug 19, 2016 · The exact timeline for the withdrawal was not announced, but Obama did make one promise. “I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays.” That timetable is in keeping with his previous commitments to have all U.S. forces out of Iraq by this end of 2011.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2011 -- All U.S. service members will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announced today. About 40,000 U.S. service members are in the country, and all ...
