Secretary of Defense Mark Esper pushed back on claims from the Iraqi prime minister that the United States sent out a signed letter about withdrawing troops from the country.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Esper said that while an unsigned draft letter was mistakenly released, there was not a signed one, as Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi claimed. He said reports to the contrary “may be people trying to create confusion.”
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