Biden launches new US mission in Iraq
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CAMP VICTORY, Iraq: Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq yesterday, ushering in a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 troops. Addressing soldiers near Baghdad a day after the US combat role here officially ended, Biden sought to rally the near 50,000 American soldiers who will remain in the country until a total withdrawal at the end of 2011. The vice president acknowledged that the 2003...
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