sacrifices of their own, our troops fought block by block to help iraq seize the chance for a better future. they shifted tactics to protect the iraqi people, trained iraqi security forces, and took out terrorist leaders. because of our troops, and civilians, and because of the resilience of the iraqi people, iraq has the opportunity to embrace a new destiny, even though many challenges remain. so tonight, i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. this was my pledge to the american people as a candidate for this office. last february i announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of iraq while redoubling our efforts to strengthen iraq s security forces and support its government and people.
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