Are we really out of Iraq? - By, Charity Maness

This story is being re-posted at the request of readers. It was originally posted 1-11-12.

I, for one, was thrilled that our troops were coming home from Iraq. But did anyone really think it would be that simple?

We still have thousands of American men and women serving in Iraq...not from the Department of Defense...but from the State Department.

The small military presence left in Iraq under the Obama administrations plan is limited to several hundred officers located at embassy offices assisting Iraqis with purchasing equipment and placing equipment in the field. However, what is left out of this equation is the 6,000 to 7,000 State Department workers that were deployed to fill the void when the US Army left Iraq.