Axios: Biden: U.S. combat mission in Iraq will be completed 'by the end of the year'
The United States' combat mission against the Islamic State in Iraq will be completed "by the end of the year," President Biden said Monday prior to a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
Why it matters: Biden is close to shifting the U.S. military mission in Iraq to a fully advisory role more than 18 years after combat troops were sent to the country under the former President George W. Bush.
What they're saying: U.S. troops would "be available, to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS as it...arrives. But we’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission," Biden told reporters before the meeting. He did not offer a formal end date to the conflict mission, which commenced more than seven years ago.
WNU Editor: I've heard this story before. In the meantime U.S. troops will still remain in Syrtia .... Troops to stay put in Syria even as Biden seeks to end America’s ‘forever wars’ (Politico).
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