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Iraq, 10 years on: Did invasion bring ‘hope and progress’ to millions as Bush vowed?

(Photos top to bottom, left to right: NBC News, IAVA, Maya Alleruzzo / AP)

When the administration of President George W. Bush planned the invasion of Iraq, hopes ran high that the massive deployment of troops and money wouldn’t just result in the toppling of Saddam Hussein: The United States would help create a country that stood as an example to others. 

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News Set content: 

• 2003: President Bush declares war with Iraq
• Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech
• Watch the last US troops leave Iraq
• Ten years after Iraq invasion, US troops ask: ‘Was it worth it?’
• Then and now: Revisiting Iraqi sites a decade later