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Analysis: Debate grows over keeping troops in Iraq (AP)

August 12th, 2010

FILE - In this July 13, file 2010 photo, U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division are seen on board a C-17 aircraft at Baghdad International Airport as they begin their journey to the United States. As the U.S. winds up combat operations in Iraq this month, a gap is widening between the militaries of both countries and their political masters over whether American soldiers should stay beyond the 2011 deadline for all of them to withdraw. It's the latest potential standoff as the uneasy allies each try to end the seven-year U.S. war without unraveling Iraq's still-precarious security. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)AP - As the U.S. winds up combat operations in Iraq this month, a gap is widening between the militaries of both countries and their political masters over whether American soldiers should stay beyond the 2011 deadline for a complete U.S. troop withdrawal.


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