WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history and announced that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.
Obama announces total Iraq troop withdrawal
Friday, October 21, 2011 | 1:32 p.m. CDT;
updated 4:28 p.m. CDT, Friday, October 21, 2011
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