State Department To Assume Massive Mission In Iraq As Troops Leave -- FOX News/Wall Street JournalU.S. troops are on track to leave Iraq before the end of December, but the U.S. involvement there is anything but over -- meaning local resistance to Americans, and the security challenges that come with it, will continue.
In place of the military, the State Department will assume a new role of unprecedented scale, overseeing a massive diplomatic mission through a network of fortified, self-sufficient installations.
After the troops have left, the U.S. presence in Iraq-which peaked at 170,000-will number between 15,000 and 16,000, including federal employees and private contractors.
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My Comment: I suspect that the CIA is going to be easy. As for private contractors .... this is going to be nirvana for them .... replacing the military and being paid top dollar for it. But .... if this gets out of hand .... all the efforts of the past few years will have been for naught.
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