(AFP) – Jan 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) — New US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States will "begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan."

In a speech upon taking office, Obama echoed key promises in his historic election campaign by saying: "We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan."

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