IQ Confusion as US military says it’ll ‘move out’ of Iraq, but Esper denies pullout

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2018, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers speak to families in rural Anbar on a reconnaissance patrol near a coalition outpost in western Iraq. Iraq’s president has slammed comments by U.S. President Donald Trump who he says he wants to keep U.S. troops in Iraq “to watch Iran.” Barham Salih said Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 that Trump did not ask Iraq’s permission for American troops stationed there to watch Iran, describing his comments as “strange.”(AP Photo/Susannah George, File)