Why 🐵 NatSecAllTheTime picked: After two decades, the U.S. formally withdrew from Iraq, leaving behind a battered nation trapped between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation cost nearly 4,500 U.S. lives and killed more than 115,000 Iraqis, according to the most modest counts. trib.al/E3sCiNB
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This is a report on a major strategic shift in U.S. defense policy regarding the formal withdrawal from Iraq.
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