![U.S. Army soldiers salute as they prepare to fly home to Fort Hood, Texas after being one of the last combat units to leave Iraq on December 15, 2011. U.S. Army soldiers salute as they prepare to fly home to Fort Hood, Texas after being one of the last combat units to leave Iraq on December 15, 2011.](http://library.vu.edu.pk/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/web.archive.org/web/20120105214416im_/http:/=2fmedia.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/05/military_cuts.jpg=3ft=3d1325793836&s=3d2)
U.S. Army soldiers salute as they prepare to fly home to Fort Hood, Texas after being one of the last combat units to leave Iraq on December 15, 2011.
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