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The U.S. military has begun drawing down its Iraq mission, reducing American troops by about 20% from 2,500 to fewer than 2,000.

Troops are consolidating at a base in Irbil in Iraq’s Kurdish region under an agreement signed with Baghdad last year.

The drawdown shifts responsibility for countering Islamic State from U.S. forces to Iraqi troops trained by American military over the past decade.

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement signed with the Iraqi government last year, eventually reducing the number of American troops in the country focused on countering the Islamic State group by about 20%, officials said.

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