U.S. Forces Prepare To Withdraw From Iraq After 8-Year Presence

NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - DECEMBER 01: U.S. Army Private First Class Michael Carter from Orlando, Florida of the 101st Airborne directs a bobcat as they place a shelf on a flat bed trailer to be ship back to the United States on December 1, 2011 at Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. The United States military continues its pullout of the country by the end of this year, after eight years of war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)