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U.S. Troops Are Coming Home

Capt. Corey Steiner is welcomed home by his daughter, Lilliana Steiner, during a homecoming ceremony, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at Ft. Carson, Colo. All U.S. troops
Capt. Corey Steiner is welcomed home by his daughter, Lilliana Steiner, during a homecoming ceremony, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at Ft. Carson, Colo. All U.S. troops "will definitely be home for the holidays," President Barack Obama declared Friday, in his statement that the war in Iraq will be over by year's end. More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded in the war that has stretched more than eight years. (Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette)

Capt. Corey Steiner is welcomed home by his daughter, Lilliana Steiner, during a homecoming ceremony Friday at Ft. Carson, Colo. All U.S. troops "will definitely be home for the holidays," President Barack Obama declared Friday, in his statement that the war in Iraq will be over by year's end.  More than 4,400 members of the military have been killed, and more than 32,000 have been wounded in the war that has stretched more than eight years.  (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Jerilee Bennett)

Question: What do you think will happen to Iraq after the United States pulls out at the end of the year?



D.F. Oliveria
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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