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- President Donald Trump told Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi that the United States no longer needs a military presence in Iraq as commercial oil ties expand.
- U.S. forces will leave Iraq by September 30, 2026, leaving only advisers, as the 2024 agreement reaffirmed ending the counter-IS mission and shifting security to Iraqi forces.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Prime Minister al-Zaidi at the Pentagon to discuss the transition.
