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US Marine PFC Charles Wright of 3rd Battalion 4th Marine Regiment, of Jacksonville, FL, sees a picture for the first time of his first child, Gavin Marshall Wright, 8 pounds 8 ounces, born March 5, 2003 while PFC Wright was on duty in Baghdad, Iraq. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Marines detain Iraqi citizens in Baghdad, Iraq suspected of firing shots outside a hospital Friday, April 11, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Iraqis loot the National Theater in the center of Baghdad, Iraq. Looting is citywide and is moving from government buildings to private businesses and homes Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines occupy the center of Baghdad, Iraq as citizens celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein, although pcokets of resistence remain in the northern part of the city and sniper fire can be heard everywhere. Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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A portrait of Saddam Hussein riddled with bullet holes near Baghdad in central Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines dust covered from a full day of providing security during a sandstorm finally get a rest at the camp of US Marines 1st FSSG Forward in southern Iraq, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of CSSG 11 ( Combat Service Support Group 11 ) of the 1MEF ( First Marine Expeditionary Force ) carry back captured Iraqi weapons as Marines advance through Iraq after securing the southern city of Basra, Sunday, March 23, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of the 1 FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward) of the 1MEF ( First Marine Expeditionary Force ) in northern Kuwait take cover in a bunker as Iraq launches Scud missiles into Kuwait, Thursday, March 20, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of the 1 FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward) of the 1MEF ( First Marine Expeditionary Force ) in northern Kuwait watch the flashes of light from US Army artillery fire and Iraqi Scud missiles headed for Kuwait City from their bunker signaling the beginning of the ground offensive against Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Iraqi citizens greet US Marine Col. J. J. Pomfret of CSSG 11 ( Combat Service Support Group 11 ) near one of Saddam Hussein's palaces on the east bank of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 12, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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President Barack Obama and Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Spc. Mitchell Hughes, left, hugs his daughter Gracie Hughes, 5, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 after he arrived at the National Guard Armory Thursday in Bowling Green, Ky. Family and friends welcomed home 75 Kentucky National Guard soldiers from a six month deployment in Iraq. The soldiers are from Bravo Company, 149th Brigade Support Battalion, which is part of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. The brigade deployed more than 1,300 soldiers to Iraq in June in the Kentucky Guard's largest overseas deployment since World War II. (AP Photo/Daily News, Alex Slitz)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, U.S. marines are seen at the scene of car bombing just outside Fallujah, Iraq. With the Iraq war ending and an Afghanistan exit in sight, the Marine Corps is beginning a historic shift _ a return to its roots as a seafaring force that will get smaller, lighter and, it hopes, less bogged down in land wars. (AP Photo/Bilal Fawzi, File)
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In this Tuesday, June 7, 2005 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Stephen Thomas of Gainsville, Florida jumps into the swimming pool at Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Iraq. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, the base that at its height was home to 46,000 people was handed over to the Iraqi government as part of American efforts to move all U.S. troops out of the country by the end of the year. "The base is no longer under U.S. control and is under the full authority of the government of Iraq," said U.S. military spokesman Col. Barry Johnson. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, File)
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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center right) walks across the apron with Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III (center left), commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, after arriving in Baghdad on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Mr. Panetta was participating in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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The US Forces Iraq colors are lowered before being encased in a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec., 15, 2011. The ceremonies mark the official end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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President Obama speaks to returning troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, about the end of the Iraq war with the withdrawal of all U.S. forces at the end of this month. "Our commitment [to you] doesn't end when you take off the uniform," Mr. Obama said. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Jessica Lynch, who became famous in 2003 as an Iraq war POW, is honored in a holiday parade. She has embarked on a teaching career and is glad just to be alive, saying: "You're just thankful for what you've been given, even if it's not what you wanted." (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Despite the continued violence and political uncertainty in Iraq, President Obama thinks the Iraqis are ready to deal with their own national security, a spokesman for the president said Tuesday.
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President Barack Obama meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
