U.S.- Iraq Talks On Keeping U.S. Troops In Iraq Has Been 'Abandoned' By The U.S.

U.S. Said To Have Abandoned Plans To Keep Troops In Iraq Next Year -- FOX News

The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, according to The Associated Press, but Obama administration officials insist to Fox News that discussions with Iraqi leaders are "ongoing."

For months, U.S. officials have been debating whether to stick to a Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline that was set in 2008 or negotiate a new security agreement to ensure that gains made and more than 4,400 American military lives lost since March 2003 do not go to waste.

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More News On The U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq

AP: U.S. drops keeping troops in Iraq -- USA Today/AP
US: We're out of Iraq by January -- Press Association
US 'abandons' plans to keep troops in Iraq -- Al Jazeera
U.S. troops leaving Iraq by end of year -- Chicago Sun Times
U.S. abandons plans to keep troops in Iraq next year -- Politico
U.S. combat brigade to leave Iraq well ahead of schedule -- CNN
US military denies decision to quit Iraq after 2011 -- AFP
W.H. rebuts Iraq troops report -- Politico
No decision yet on future troop presence in Iraq: U.S. -- Reuters
Conflicting reports emerge on U.S. decision on troops in Iraq -- Xinhuanet
Report: U.S. set to pull all troops from Iraq by the end of the year -- Hot Air
Iraq Withdrawal Is Happening On Schedule, After All -- The Atlantic