Pentagon plans to shrink US 'footprint' in Iraq, but declines to say by how much
Officials declined to say how many of the 2,500 troops in Iraq will remain
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Published September 30, 2024 1:13pm EDT
The Pentagon has finalized plans to wrap up the U.S.-led mission to fight ISIS by next year, with many U.S. troops leaving the bases they have occupied for much of the past two decades.
The Biden administration insists their plan is not to fully pull out of the nation but declined to say how many of the 2,500 troops currently stationed in Iraq will remain.
"I think it’s fair to say that, you know, our footprint is going to be changing within the country," Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Friday.
The Iraqi government announced earlier this month it had reached a deal with the Biden administration to remove most U.S. troops from its nation over the next two years.
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