Trump: US troops fighting ‘like never before’ in Iraq …

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"We're doing very well in Iraq," Trump said at a reception for all US senators and their spouses in the White House East Room, adding he'd just ended a long phone call with Defense Secretary James Mattis before appearing at the event.

Trump added that "our soldiers are fighting like never before" in Iraq, and praised what he characterized as a positive trajectory in the country.

During the Iraq War, which began in 2003, US troops engaged in extended fighting across the country, battling an insurgency and later sectarian violence to secure areas in key cities and regions.

Though troops currently in Iraq aren't officially carrying out a combat mission, they do face danger and limited engagement with enemy forces, particularly as they move closer to the front lines in Mosul, the northern city that Iraqi forces are working to liberate from ISIS.

The President didn't acknowledge those deaths in his remarks, instead praising the work of the US military in Iraq.

"The results are very, very good," Trump said. "I just wanted to let everyone know."

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March 29th, 2017
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