Obama says he will end Iraq war responsibly

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says he will soon announce a way to responsibly end the war in Iraq - and a new path for the war in Afghanistan.

Defense and foreign policy were a small part of Obama's first address to Congress, which focused on the economic crisis.

Obama says his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison will make America stronger. And the president says he will seek what he calls swift and certain justice for terrorists, and vows anew not to allow terrorists a haven to plot against the United States.

Administration officials say Obama plans to remove all US combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, three months later than he had promised in the presidential campaign.