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First of all. Let me say this. Our combat troops are NOT out of iraq. MY son is still there, along with thousands of others.
Not only that, but now the state department is moving in their CIVILIAN troops. And I already showed you how expensive that is.
You decide for yourself if you are being played. Because I know you are.
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The last U.S. combat brigade marched out of Iraq Wednesday, crossing the border into Kuwait and cheering their impending voyages home while posing for group photos.
Only 50,000 American soldiers are to remain in the country -- mainly to keep training Iraqi security forces -- by the end of August. By the end of 2011, the Obama administration and its Iraqi counterparts aim to have all U.S. troops out of the country.
Iraq Withdrawal: What are Non-Combat Troops?
The officials who spoke to The Times, on condition of anonymity, said that as the Pentagon pulls out of Iraq, the State Department is going in -- in force. A White House source told the newspaper a contingent of about 2,400 Department staff would fill offices at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and four additional fortified compounds spread out across the country.
To protect those American staffers, and to form smaller "quick reaction forces," which the sources said would be used to come to the aid of Iraqi civilians caught in dangerous situations (there was no further explanation), State will bring with it into Iraq a small army of its own civilian defense contractors. The plans, which have been drawn up over many months, call for a force of between 6,000 and 7,000 of the controversial hired guns.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20014075-503543.html?tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea;cbsnewsSectionsArea.1
Not only that, but now the state department is moving in their CIVILIAN troops. And I already showed you how expensive that is.
You decide for yourself if you are being played. Because I know you are.
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The last U.S. combat brigade marched out of Iraq Wednesday, crossing the border into Kuwait and cheering their impending voyages home while posing for group photos.
Only 50,000 American soldiers are to remain in the country -- mainly to keep training Iraqi security forces -- by the end of August. By the end of 2011, the Obama administration and its Iraqi counterparts aim to have all U.S. troops out of the country.
Iraq Withdrawal: What are Non-Combat Troops?
The officials who spoke to The Times, on condition of anonymity, said that as the Pentagon pulls out of Iraq, the State Department is going in -- in force. A White House source told the newspaper a contingent of about 2,400 Department staff would fill offices at the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and four additional fortified compounds spread out across the country.
To protect those American staffers, and to form smaller "quick reaction forces," which the sources said would be used to come to the aid of Iraqi civilians caught in dangerous situations (there was no further explanation), State will bring with it into Iraq a small army of its own civilian defense contractors. The plans, which have been drawn up over many months, call for a force of between 6,000 and 7,000 of the controversial hired guns.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20014075-503543.html?tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea;cbsnewsSectionsArea.1
