A Defense Department letter had the world_1

[00:00.18] A Defense Department letter had the world thinking

[00:01.40] a U.S. withdrawal had begun. It was a mistake.

[00:05.65] Drafted by the United States military

[00:08.40] command in Baghdad, was sent out by mistake.

[00:11.91] "It was an honest mistake,"

[00:14.39] General Milley told reporters at the Pentagon.

[00:16.66] "That letter is a draft, it was a mistake, it was unsigned, it should

[00:21.89] not have been released." "There's been no

[00:24.16] decision made to leave Iraq, period," Mr. Esper said.

[00:28.40] "There is no decision to leave, nor did we issue any plans to leave."

[00:33.14] But because the Iraqi Parliament voted on Sunday that American troops

[00:37.90] should leave the country, General Milley said, military officials have

[00:41.91] begun making arrangements for a withdrawal in the event that a decision

[00:45.66] is made to pull out.