National Edition News cover for June 16, 2014 - President ignored general’s pleas to keep American forces in Iraq: Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani); U.S. Army Chief of Staff John Keane listens as soldiers from 1st Battalion 64 Armor Regiment ask him questions during his visit to Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, July 5, 2003. The four-star general is on a three-day visit to see American soldiers in Iraq. One soldier asked him about a proposal to reduce the size of the Army, and he replied, " We have our hands full. We will not reduce the Army. " (AP Photo/John Moore)
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