Obama ends Iraq combat effort: 'Time to turn page'

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven years, declaring Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's most urgent priority must be fixing its own economy.

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