JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Colonel Lance Kittleson is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family next year as U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq 7-1/2 years after the invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.
For many U.S. troops, a last Christmas in Iraq (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/83g547WVWsk/idUSTRE6BO0W720101226)