President: U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq By Year’s End [VIDEO]

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

In a press briefing earlier today, President Barrack Obama stated that "troops in Iraq will be home for the holidays". After nearly nine years, US troops will finally say goodbye to Iraq. Over 4,000 US troops have been killed and another 2,000 injured since 2003.

Today, I can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home from Iraq at the end of this year," Obama said. "After nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. Over the next two months our troops in Iraq--tens of thousands of them--will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home."

(From Yahoo/NBC)