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US withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan

by Associated Press
| September 9, 2020 10:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will pull thousands of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by November, the top American commander for the Middle East said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise to get America out of “endless wars."

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