The country even threatened to pull out of the tournament, but eventually gave in to FIFA's demands that they attend.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The United States currently has about 130,000 troops in Iraq, and all are scheduled to pull out by 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

He stressed the threat posed by militants in the region is too great for the United States to pull out.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23