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Last U.S. Combat Troops Leave Iraq

U.S. Army Capt. Mark Fisher, left, leans down to kiss his daughter Madeline, 2, as he sits to have lunch with her after arriving at nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord Wednesday evening in DuPont, Wash. Fisher had just returned from a nearly one-year tour in  Iraq, his second there. Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving  Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Question: Mission Accomplished?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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