Troop Levels Down To 9,500 In Iraq

Monday, December 5, 2011 at 11:37AM
Justin Duckham in Pentagon

There are only 9,500 U.S. troops currently in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Monday.

The number is a sharp decrease from the 40,000 troops that were stationed in the country when President Barack Obama announced plans to withdraw all U.S. troops in late October.

All U.S. combat troops are scheduled to be out of the country by January 1^st, marking the end of nearly 9 years of military involvement.

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