. >> center for american progress, i'm rudy deleone, the senior vice president for national security. on behalf of all of my colleagues here at the center and with the national security program, i want to welcome you. for the first time in nine years the united states does not have troops fighting in iraq. president barack obama fulfilled his promise to end the war in iraq as part of an overall strategy to rebalance america's national security priorities. today we'll discuss this and have this presentation on the end of the iraq war, and america's ongoing engagement yet in iraq. with anthony blinken, the deputy assistant to president obama and the national security adviser to vice president joe biden. our colleague brian katulus has done a brief paper, it's on the back paper for all of you who want to make sure you grab a copy. in it he's looking at how the end of the iraq war has strengthened overall u.s. national security. by dedicating more resources to the fight against al qaeda, to restore u.s. military readiness, to expand options to face other middle eastern threats, and to red

i m rudy deleon, the senior vice president for national security. on back of my colleagues at the center and with the national security program, i want to welcome you. for the first time in nine years, the united states does not have troops fighting in iraq. president barack obama fulfilled his promise to end the war in iraq as part of an overall strategy to re-balance america's national security priorities. today we will discuss this and have this presentation on the end of the iraq war and america 's ongoing engagement in iraq with antony blinken, deputy assistant to president obama and national security adviser to vice president joe biden. our colleague brian has done a brief paper on the back table for all of you who want to make sure you grab a copy. in it he is looking at how the end of the iraq war has strengthened overall u.s. national security, by dedicating more resources to the fight against al qaeda, to restore u.s. military ideals, " expand options to face other middle east and threats, and to reduce the financial burden on defense spen

i'm rudy deleon, the senior vice president for national security.n back of my colleagues at the center and with the national security program, i want to welcome you. for the first time in nine years, the united states does not have troops fighting in iraq. president barack obama fulfilled his promise to end the war in iraq as part of an overall strategy to re-balance america's national security priorities. today we will discuss this and have this presentation on the end of the iraq war and america's ongoing engagement in iraq with antony blinken, deputy assistant to president obama and national security adviser to vice president joe biden. our colleague brian has done a brief paper on the back table for all of you who want to make sure you grab a copy. in it he is looking at how the end of the iraq war has strengthened overall u.s. national security, by dedicating more resources to the fight against al qaeda, to restore u.s. military ideals, expand options to face other middle east and threats, and to reduce the financial burden on defense spending