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Operation Enduring Freedom (War In Afghanistan): President Obama
Operation Enduring Freedom (War in Afghanistan): President Obama scaled back military operations since taking office, in which he completely pulled all soldiers out of combat in 2014. Since then, soldiers have been rebuilding and helping allies, as well as conducting counter-insurgencies if necessary.
The Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom), like the Enduring Freedom, was a war that started during the Bush Administration, but the Iraq war was first Conducted to take down the Hussein Regime by the US and allies, but the consequence, like stated by president Obama in the video, was terrorism, which had to be dealt with.

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