The end of the Iraq mission

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A U.S. soldier from a Para-Infantry Regiment at a patrol base south of Baghdad.
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President Obama marks his self-imposed deadline to draw down US combat troops from Iraq with a speech from the Oval Office Tuesday. Midmorning looks back at the Iraq experience and considers the U.S. presence in the region moving forward forward.

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