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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 Aug 2010 [PDF]
• E-8C flies final OIF mission AFNS 31 Aug 2010 -- Airmen from the 7th Expeditionary Air Command and Control Squadron here flew their final mission in support Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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US Policy

• Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq The White House 31 Aug 2010
• Iraq reaches New Dawn, ends combat operations Army News 31 Aug 2010 -- Beginning Sept. 1, the ongoing U.S. presence in Iraq will be coined "Operation New Dawn."
• Obama: Time To Turn The Page On Iraq VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- President Barack Obama has announced that the US combat mission in Iraq is over.
• Combat, Hardship Pays Remain for Troops Serving in Iraq AFPS 31 Aug 2010 -- The change from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn does not affect combat and other hazardous-duty entitlements.
• Obama Marks End of Iraq Combat Mission VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- US President Obama says many challenges remain in Iraq, and that his speech to the nation is not a "victory lap."
• Gates: No Victory Celebration for Iraq as Mission Changes VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told an American veterans' group it is not time to celebrate victory in Iraq.
• Iraq Has Chance Now, Thanks to US Servicemembers AFPS 31 Aug 2010 -- It is thanks to the blood, sweat and tears of American servicemembers that Iraq has the chance for political freedom.
• Biden Visits Iraq to Mark Operation New Dawn AFPS 31 Aug 2010 -- Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq meeting with U.S. and Iraqi leaders about the new U.S. mission there.
• VP Biden Meets Iraqi Leaders to Mark US Troop Drawdown VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- US Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq for talks with the country's top leaders.
• Obama Thanks Servicemembers for Iraq War Contributions AFPS 31 Aug 2010 -- President Obama traveled to Fort Bliss, Texas, to pay tribute to the post’s servicemembers.
• Full Text: Boehner Addresses the 92nd American Legion National Convention House Republican Leader John Boehner 31 Aug 2010 -- Remarks to the 92nd American Legion National Convention - As Prepared For Delivery
• Remarks by the President During Fort Bliss Army Base Visit The White House 31 Aug 2010
• Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes aboard Air Force One en route Fort Bliss, Texas The White House 31 Aug 2010
• Iraqi PM Says Country Can Handle Security VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- Iraqi PM al-Maliki says his country's security forces are ready to assume full responsibility of keeping Iraq and its citizens safe.
• Maliki Welcomes 'Independence' RFE/RL 31 Aug 2010 -- The US formally ends its combat operations in Iraq today, more than seven years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime.
• US Declaring Formal End Of Iraq Combat RFE/RL 31 Aug 2010 -- The United States is preparing to formally declare the end of its combat operations in Iraq.
• Obama Marks End of Iraq Combat Mission VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- US President Barack Obama is visiting troops at a Texas army base as he prepares to mark the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Commanders Say They Are Ready to Handle Security VOA 31 Aug 2010 -- As U.S. forces formally hand over control to the Iraqi Security Services, there are questions as to whether the Iraqi army is up to the challenge.
• Hundreds Of Thousands Of Iraqis Remain Displaced RFE/RL 31 Aug 2010 -- Kareem Hassan Abboud and his wife, three grandchildren, and two widowed daughters share a two-room house in a makeshift squatter camp.

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