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US brigade in Iraq heading to Kuwait

While all but a small number of U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, not all of them will be heading home for the holidays as President Barack Obama promised last month. The Pentagon tentatively plans to move at least 4,000 soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait at the end […]

Lolita C. Baldor report for Associated Press:

While all but a small number of U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, not all of them will be heading home for the holidays as President Barack Obama promised last month.

The Pentagon tentatively plans to move at least 4,000 soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait at the end of the year, pending a final decision expected soon by Pentagon and Kuwaiti leaders, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

The move is part of a still-developing Pentagon strategy that ends the Iraq war but positions a strong U.S. force just across the border in Kuwait and across the region to reinforce the United States' commitment to the Middle East and prevent a power vacuum when the tens of thousands of U.S. forces who have served in Iraq are gone.