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U.S. Waits For Iraqi Decision On Troop Departure

One year after the Obama administration pulled the last U.S. combat troops out of Iraq, about 48,000 forces still remain in that country. Unless the Iraqi government requests them to stay, these troops are scheduled to leave by the end of the year.

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David Greene is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio news program in the United States, and also of NPR's popular morning news podcast, Up First.
Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.