“Let me say this as plainly as I can - by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.”

From The Guardian:
Almost six years after the invasion of Iraq, the end is finally in sight for America’s involvement in its longest and bloodiest conflict since Vietnam. Barack Obama yesterday set out a timetable that will see all US combat units out by summer next year and the remainder by the end of 2011.
Obama said [...]