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SOT LEON PANETTA END OF IRAQ WAR IRAQI DREAM NOW A REALITY

SOT of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the ceremonies marking the end of the war in Iraq - in this SOT he says the Iraqi dream is now a reality. The United States formally declared an end to the war in Iraq on December 15, 2011. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was on hand at the flag-lowering ceremony at Baghdad International Airport, where he said a free, democratic Iraq was worth the sacrifice in American lives. More than a million troops served there since a U.S. led force first entered Iraq on March 20, 2003. SOT: And to the distinguished members of the Iraqi government, and the Iraqi military, thank you for your courage, for your leadership, for your friendship over these many number of years. More importantly, thank you for your loyalty to the future of Iraq. Your dream of an independent and sovereign Iraq is now a reality.
SOT of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the ceremonies marking the end of the war in Iraq - in this SOT he says the Iraqi dream is now a reality. The United States formally declared an end to the war in Iraq on December 15, 2011. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was on hand at the flag-lowering ceremony at Baghdad International Airport, where he said a free, democratic Iraq was worth the sacrifice in American lives. More than a million troops served there since a U.S. led force first entered Iraq on March 20, 2003. SOT: And to the distinguished members of the Iraqi government, and the Iraqi military, thank you for your courage, for your leadership, for your friendship over these many number of years. More importantly, thank you for your loyalty to the future of Iraq. Your dream of an independent and sovereign Iraq is now a reality.
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