US on track to end Iraq combat role
President Barack Obama is satisfied the US can safely end its combat role in Iraq on schedule at the end of the month, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said today after the president was briefed by his national-security team and the top US commander in Iraq.
President Obama met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defence Secretary Robert Gates, national security adviser James Jones and, by video conference, the US commander in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno.
