U.S. combat mission in Iraq only over on paper

A year ago on Thursday, President Obama announced in a press release the withdrawal of the last U.S. combat brigade from Iraq - in theory ending America's combat missions in Iraq. However, as CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports, some 46,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, and ...

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