Iraq

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Supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wave Iraqi flags as they destroy a symbolic model of a U.S. Army tank during a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, Iraq, Friday, April 9, 2010.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

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Sgt. Karl Augustus, on his third tour in Iraq, says he thinks the new Iraq withdrawal timetable means his next deployment will be to Afghanistan, and he looks forward to that. "I'm just ready for whatever," he says.

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In this image from APTN video, a man, center, throws a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush, background left, during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad, Iraq. On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** President Bush is greeted by the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (left), and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker (center) on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad, on Mr. Bush's surprise visit to Iraq.

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** FILE ** Soldiers who distinguished themselves in action in Afghanistan and Iraq receive honors during ceremonies at Fort Bragg, N.C., in 2008. The most-honored unit was a Special Forces team that won 10 Silver Star medals for valor during a single battle.

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The operations center features numerous, movie-theater-size flat-screen monitors that stream live images from unmanned aircraft patrolling the two theaters of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force)

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FILE - Former U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.

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Marines of the 1st Force Service Supply Group Forward respond to reports of an Iraqi force preparing to advance on them from the south during a sandstorm in southern Iraq on March 25, 2003. President Bush's legacy depends on a positive outcome in Iraq. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)