Last U.s. Troops Leave Iraq

CNN.com, CNN
Sat, 12/17/2011 - 9:35pm

In a final tactical road march, the last U.S. troops in Iraq crossed the border into Kuwait Sunday morning, ending almost nine years of a deadly and divisive war.

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