Iraq : end the U.S. combat mission , priority to restoring the economy by Obama
” Our most urgent task today is to restore our economy, ” said Tuesday night with President Barack Obama, Americans solemnly announcing the end of the combat mission of their country in Iraq .
” Our most urgent task today is to restore our economy back to work and the millions of Americans who lost their jobs “because of the crisis, Obama said , according to extracts of the speech to the nation he was to deliver from 20:00 ( 0:00 GMT ) from the Oval Office of the White House.
Obama said that the invasion of Iraq , launched in 2003 , had ” led to spend vast resources abroad in times of tight budgets ” in the United States .
The revival of the economy ” will be difficult , “admitted the president , two months ahead of general elections his party are dangerous for Democrats . “But in the days to come, this must be our central mission as a people and my core responsibility as president , ” he promised.
The number of U.S. forces in Iraq have dropped below the symbolic 50,000 soldiers . From Wednesday, September 1 , they will be charged ” to advise and assist ” the Iraqi army. Under the timetable set out by Mr. Obama after he took office , they will be left at the end of 2011.
In Baghdad , Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al – Maliki said that Iraq was now ” a sovereign and independent country “and said that his army was capable of ensuring security in a country that remains beset by violence and political instability .
Posted: August 31st, 2010 under US Stock Market.