Obama Sending More Troops to Iraq

What was the Nobel Peace Prize winning promise made in October 2007?



The Army Times reports something totally different. Obama is sending more troops to Iraq.

More than 7,170 soldiers will deploy to Iraq beginning in mid-summer — despite a security agreement that requires U.S. forces to depart the country by Dec. 31.

The deployments are part of the regular rotation of forces and will include a division headquarters of 775 soldiers and two brigade combat teams totaling 6,400 soldiers, according to a Defense Department announcement Tuesday.

The soldiers will begin deploying in mid-summer and continue through the fall.