“Indeed, one of the lessons of our effort in Iraq is that American influence around the world is not a function of military force alone,” he said.
Earlier in the day, at Fort Bliss, Texas, a post that has endured losses during the war, Obama tried to tell the military that all the work and bloodshed in Iraq was not in vain. He said that because of the US efforts in the Iraq war, “America is more secure.”
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