WHITEHOUSE.GOV:OBAMA:TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ BY END OF 2011

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

August 30, 2011

Remarks by the President at 93rd Annual Conference of the American Legion

Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/30/remarks-president-93rd-annual-conference-american-legion


Having ended our combat mission in Iraq and removed more than 100,000 troops so far, we’ll remove the rest of our troops by the end of this year and we will end that war. (Applause.)