Obama Addresses Nation On Deadline Date For Combat Troops To Leave Iraq WASHINGTON - AUGUST 31: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a televised national address from the Oval Office of the White House August 31, 2010 in Washington, DC. In his remarks Obama formally declared an end to the combat mission in Iraq, saying that after seven years of war that claimed more than 4,400 American lives, it is time to face toward the war in Afghanistan and toward pressing problems at home. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images) (Pool/Getty Images)