Us Marines End Role In Iraq; Biden In Baghdad (ap)

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, center, poses for a photo with Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, left, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad to try to ease rising tensions that have threatened to delay Iraq's March elections. (AP Photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Pool)AP – The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan.

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