Why 🐵 NatSecAllTheTime picked: U.S. forces are set to depart from bases in Iraq following two decades of American involvement that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and thousands of U.S. troops, and now leaves Iran at the center of the region’s future.

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  This report covers a significant strategic shift in U.S. defense policy regarding the withdrawal of forces from Iraq.

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