Obama: U.S. troops in Iraq coming home

UPDATED 12:41 p.m. ET

U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the podium at the White House in this file photo

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President Obama was set to announce a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq when he speaks to the press at 12:45 p.m. ET in the White House on U.S.-Iraq relations after speaking to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki via secure video conference at about 11:30 a.m. ET, CBS News has learned.

"This will allow us to say definitively that the Iraq war is over, and that the partnership between the US and Iraq will be a normal one between two sovereign nations. During their conversation, President Obama and PM Maliki strongly agreed that this is the best way forward for both countries," a White House official told CBS News.

Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/PeUPgH9rWu8/

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