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Government, the current government functioning. security forces are functioning. >> and there is a caretaker government? >> there is a caretaker government, and the elements of the state are in place and functioni functioning. >> the u.s. is supposed to be down to 50,000 troops, and all combat forces are out and the 50,000 are supposed to be training the iraqi military and then all u.s. troops are supposed to be out by the end of next year. is that realistic? >> absolutely. this is because an ag...

Getting seen in the gulf of mexico and sending that message, or less fortunately, for the standpoint of democratic candidates, wading into the controversies like the one over the moving in new york. >> okay. john, lets get to iraq right now. theres fresh violence this week. we have all about 50,000 troops scheduled to leave, all combat forces. there was a farewell ceremony for the last scheduled to leave. all out by the end of the month. any chance if theres an uptick in violence the u.s. might ...

President obama is not backing off his stance at a mosque should be allowed near ground zero. the president says muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as other americans. and wikileaks says it will publish 15,000 more war documents this month despite warnings from the u.s. government. it says it is removing all references to innocent parties. draw down in iraq. the last u.s. combat brigade in iraq is on it ways home. president obama ordered all but 50,000 troops out of iraq by t...

I think that is planned on that topic. we have a second round tomorrow on the auto industry, what are some of the other topics that we should expect to see the president focusing on as success stories, you know, good news, achievements kind of? >> now that you mention those, lets just touch a little bit on them. i mean, obviously the president, i think many of you that covered the campaign, regardless of which campaign you covered, without a doubt i think it is safe to say that the presidents pl...

Iraq, because he doesnt talk about the war on terror the way president bush did, as much. and he frankly has spent a lot more time in afghanistan because thats what he promised to do as a candidate. the focus on the bush administration had shifted too much to iraq. hes trying to shift it back to afghanistan. but i think today is a reminder we still have a lot of troops in iraq. august is a pivotal moment here. and the combat forces will be out by august 31st, well still have tens of thousands of...

Afghanistan and began that surge of an aadditional 30,000 combat forces to take on the taliban particularly in southern afghanistan. the more forces that are exposed to combat operations, the more likelihood of there will be an increase in casualties. now u.s. military officials claim that so far their combat operations are having some success, but again by these numbers, the increaseded numbers of casualties which have been predicted again, its difficult for many people to fathom, thomas. >> we...

Diplomatic solution, but iranian government must understand that the path of defines will only bring more pressure and isolation. finally, much of our discussion focused on afghanistan. and to the united states, great britain is the largest contributor of combat forces. this is not an easy fight. before it is a necessary one. terrorists trained in afghanistan and the tribal regions along the pakistani border have killed innocent civilians in both of our countries and a wider insurgency in afghan...

Believe that the intervention, and as a matter of fact undermines the defense, and that is where i find the problem. but right now, i think that this is, to me, you know, a modest approach, but that is where you start. my goals may be slightly different than his goals, but this is a modest approach to agree on. >> one last thing, wolf. >> go ahead. >> we could save, i believe, tens of millions of dollars by immediately withdrawing from iraq as soon as possible there. is no military or national s...

August. all combat forces will be out of iraq by the end of next year. nt vice president ensuring progress does not get derailed. >> it will gro stronger. >> bide season the white house point man on the iraq war. his message? iraq needs to finish forming a new government after elections several months ago. biden met with the formerer prime minister and prime minister maliki vying for the job in iraqs post election government. but while the vice president was at the u.s. embassy, a reminder of th...

Huge gash and began to take on water quickly. the crews were able to bring the frightened passengers to shore. two people reported back and knee injuries after the accident. divers are trying to patch that gash to keep the boat from sinking. a frightening scare on a california highway saturday. a runaway truck charged down interstate 5 and it was going 85 miles an hour. it struck another vehicle from behind. the big rig overturned as the fuel spilled across the road and all caught fire. one pe...