'At no point’ US discussed troop withdrawal from Iraq: State Dept
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2 min readUS troops have maintained a military presence in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, a campaign launched under the pretext of disarming the country of weapons of mass destruction—claims that were later proven false.
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Al Asad air base in Iraq. (Ayman Henna/AFP/Getty Images)
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