AS U.S. FORCES WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ, DUCKWORTH CALLS ON TRUMP TO END HIS ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) who served in the Iraq War-issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that the United States has officially withdrawn our military forces from Iraq:

"For an entire generation of combat Veterans, the weight of this moment as our nation withdraws U.S. forces from Iraq is hard to express. As a former Soldier who volunteered to serve in Iraq, I'm remembering the thousands of warfighters who never made it home and thinking of the heroes whose li...