BAGHDAD (AP) — After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq – a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. Panetta stepped […]

President Obama announced today that “America’s War In Iraq will be over by the end of the year”. After 9 years all troops are set to be home by the end of 2011. There are about 39,000 troops in Iraq now and only about 150 will remain to assist in arms sales. To read more […]