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NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - DECEMBER 06: A U.S. Army Specialist Nathan Flores from Baltimore, Maryland of the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, throws away stuff he isn't bringing home while preparing for the orders to convoy to Kuwait from Camp Adder as the base is prepared to be handed back to the Iraqi government later this month on December 6, 2011 at Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Camp Adder is one of the few bases remaining that the United States controls as America's 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)

NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - DECEMBER 06:  A U.S. Army Specialist Nathan Flores from Baltimore, Maryland of the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, throws away stuff he isn't bringing home while preparing for the orders to convoy to Kuwait from Camp Adder as the base is prepared to be handed back to the Iraqi government later this month on December 6, 2011 at Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Camp Adder is one of the few bases remaining that the United States controls as America's 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)