Iraq war comes to quiet close
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The Albany Herald Editorial Board
Nearly nine years after then-President George W. Bush went on television the night of March 19, 2003 to announce the beginning of the war in Iraq, it is finally over.
While the war started with explosions, it ended with little fanfare.
Leon Panetta, the U.S. secretary of defense, provided the benediction on Thursday.