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Current Operations

• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 01 Sep 2010 [PDF]
• What Will U.S. Troops Do In Iraq Now? RFE/RL 01 Sep 2010 -- US President Barack Obama has kept his promise to draw down the number of US troops in Iraq to fewer than 50,000 by September 1.

Deployments

US Policy

• Remarks by Vice President Joseph Biden at the Change of Command Ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq The White House 01 Sep 2010
• Speech: Gates at United States Forces Iraq Change of Command DoD 01 Sep 2010
• Press Availability with Secretary Gates from Ramadi, Iraq DoD 01 Sep 2010
• Mullen Notes Iraq's Progress from 'Desperate' Situation AFPS 01 Sep 2010 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff paused to take stock of the progress he’s seen in Iraq since he took office in 2007.
• Gates: War in Iraq Over, U.S. Transitioning to Iraqi Forces AFPS 01 Sep 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates: The war in Iraq is over and the United States is entering the final phase of the U.S. engagement in Iraq.
• Odierno Earns Praise for Getting Results in Iraq AFPS 01 Sep 2010 -- Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno put it very simply today, as he finished his address at the change of command ceremony for U.S. Forces Iraq.
• Biden: U.S. Effort in Iraq Goes On Despite Mission Change AFPS 01 Sep 2010 -- Vice President Joe Biden: Combat operations may be over in Iraq, but the U.S. military and diplomatic endeavor remains.
• US in Final Phase of Iraq War VOA 01 Sep 2010 -- The United States has marked the official end of combat operations in Iraq and the beginning of a transitional operation called "New Dawn."
• Gates Visits Birthplace of Iraqi Turnaround VOA 01 Sep 2010 -- US SecDef Gates visited Western Iraq, the place where U.S. troops and local tribal leaders began an effort four years ago that helped turn the tide of the Iraq war.
• Iraqi mission over, U.S. to address domestic problems - Obama RIA Novosti 01 Sep 2010 -- President Barack Obama: Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the United States will address domestic problems.
• Gates, Biden Preside Over Launch Of Operation New Dawn In Iraq RFE/RL 01 Sep 2010 -- US VP Biden and Defense Secretary Gates presided over the launch of Operation New Dawn.

United Nations

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraqi Army exhibits show of strength Army News 01 Sep 2010 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers conducted training Aug. 30 at Joint Security Station Deason in Baghdad, exhibiting their capability to secure a more stable and sovereign Iraq.
• Biden Says Iraq 'Close' To Forming New Government RFE/RL 01 Sep 2010 -- Visiting US VP Biden has said he believes Iraqi leaders are "close" to forming a new government.
• IRAQ: Trauma leaves an indelible mark IRIN 01 Sep 2010 -- Seven-year war has left an indelible mark on many ordinary people who are still traumatized by the horrific things they experienced.

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Former British PM Reflects on Iraq War in Long-Awaited Memoir VOA 01 Sep 2010 -- Former British PM Tony Blair says he does not regret his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq.
• Blair, In Memoirs, Speaks Of Iraqi 'Nightmare' RFE/RL 01 Sep 2010 -- Former British PM Blair has published the memoirs of his decade in office, in which he writes that he could have not have imagined the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq.