hello and welcome. first afghanistan, now iraq. in the past few hours presidentjoe biden has announced that the us s armed forces will leave iraq by the end of the year. the move was announced during a meeting with iraqi prime minister mustafa al kadhimi at the white house. he has been urging president biden to withdraw troops who have been a presence in the region since 2003. roughly 2,500 us troops remain in the region but their presence has been harder to justify since the killing of qassim suleimani, iran s top security and intelligence commander, by american drone strike in 2020. after the strike iraq s parliament demanded the government expel us forces, a powerful message for the country s prime minister, who s been in power for just two years. but many of the us troops still in iraq, won t actually be leaving. they ll be reclassified as advisers, a non combat role. white house press secretary jenn psaki explained how the us saw their new role in iraq. the real announce
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