3,000
The number of U.S. troops the Obama administration has decided to keep in Iraq at the end of the year, marking a major downgrade in force strength, Fox News reports. “Senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The generals on the ground had requested that the number of troops remaining in Iraq at the end of the year reach about 27,000.”
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