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U.S. Anticipates Announcement to Cut Back Troops in Iraq This Week

A long-expected deal to reduce U.S. troop presence in Iraq will likely be announced this week, two administration officials said Friday.

The agreement with Iraq, which would reduce American troops in the country, will come even as the battle persists against what remains of ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

“ISIS has definitely been severely defeated, certainly territorially defeated, and we want to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS, but the threat does remain,” a senior defense official told reporters Friday.

Read the rest of the story at The Hill.

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