Pull Out

In statement in the WH briefing room, President announces US to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, says "the tide of war is receding."

Obama: "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over."

Turns focus inward: "The nation we need to build and the nation we will build is our own."

Watch the video above.

Read the transcript of the President's speech here.