WASHINGTON — Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's most urgent priority must be fixing its own sickly economy.
Obama ends U.S. combat in Iraq
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | 8:30 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:56 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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