Pentagon Has No Plan To Remove Troops From Iraq

The transcript discusses the U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper's statement on the lack of a decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, despite a nonbinding resolution by Iraqi lawmakers to remove foreign forces. Confusion arose from a letter by Marine Brigadier General William Seeley suggesting compliance with Iraq's order, which was later clarified by General Mark Millie as a draft released by mistake. Currently, about 5,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Iraq, primarily for training Iraqi forces, but this training was paused following an airstrike that killed Iran's top military commander.

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