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Remarks by the President at DNC Event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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We also had a long campaign in 2008 because we believed it was time to end the war in Iraq. And that’s what we’re doing. We’ve removed 100,000 troops from Iraq. We’ve ended combat missions. We are on track to remove the rest of the troops, bring them home by the end of this year. (Applause.)