U.S. Army Spc. Laura Garretto and Col. Daniel Ammerman patrol a market in Mahawil, Iraq, March 18, 2009. Garetto is assigned to Company B, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, 172nd Infantry Brigade, and Ammerman is assigned to the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Wendy WymanGeneral: U.S. Should Be Out Of Iraq By Late 2011 -- CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said Sunday he believes U.S. troops will be out of the country by the end of 2011.
On CNN's "State of the Union," chief national correspondent John King asked Odierno to rate his confidence, on a scale of 1 to 10, that U.S. troops would be out by the end of the timeline agreed by the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
"As you ask me today, I believe it's a 10 -- that we will be gone by 2011," Odierno responded.
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