“Our role in Iraq will be It’s just to be available, to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS as it arises, but we’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,” Biden said in the Oval Office at the top of the meeting.
The formal announcement: The plan was also more formally announced in a joint statement from Iraq and the United States released after the meeting.
“The delegations decided, following recent technical talks, that the security relationship will fully transition to a training, advising, assisting, and intelligence-sharing role, and that there will be no U.S. forces with a combat role in Iraq by December 31, 2021,” the statement said.
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