President Obama has announced that all U.S. combat operations for the war inIraq-also called Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)-will cease by the end ofAugust 2010. According to the timeline described by Administration officials, theapproximately 128,000 U.S. military personnel currently in Iraq would remain therethrough the Iraqi elections scheduled for January 2010. After that, U.S. forces woulddecline to no more than 50,000 troops by the end of August...