U.S. to Cut Troop Presence in Iraq by About One-Third, Officials Say

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is chopping the U.S. pressure in Iraq to about three,500 troops, U.S. officials explained, a approximately one particular-third reduction that President Trump is anticipated to tout as progress towards winding down what he has described as limitless wars.

The U.S. and Iraq refrained from publicly location a program for minimizing the about 5,200 American troops now in the state when Iraq’s primary minister visited Washington final 7 days.

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