Since mid-October, troops have been rolling almost every day into Camp Virginia. President Barack Obama announced last month that he would pull almost all troops from Iraq by year's end.
U.S. Military Works To Get Troops Home Faster From Iraq -- CNN
Camp Virginia, Kuwait (CNN) -- The U.S. military is ordering that soldiers crossing from Iraq into Kuwait be returned home at a faster rate, a move that comes as commanders work to break up a bottleneck of troops who have been pouring across the border ahead of a year-end deadline to withdraw, CNN has learned.
"The order is to have these soldiers off the ground in Kuwait as soon as possible," a military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN. The official, based in Kuwait, was not authorized to speak to the media.
"They don't want these soldiers sitting around here. They want them home."
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My Comment: All that I can say is good riddance .... and I hope that we do not go back.
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