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Was supposed to be out friday has been delayed until october. whats the medias reaction? liz trotta is an author, journalist and fox news contributor who joins us every sunday at this time with a commentary. good morning, liz. >> good morning, eric. >> if you research most articles about this subject, theyre talking about the debate in australia. how is the media covering it here? >> its very carefully. as youve noticed of course the media has always been on a campaign doing stories, usually abo...

About the idea of organizing some sort of military force to head west and go all the way to the capital, tripoli. but what you see on the ground is that theyre really not prepared. in fact, we went to one base to the west of here and saw they had ten soviet tanks that date back of course to the 1950s. the tanks se s seem to be in fa good condition, but apparently a lot of the tank drivers fled west as well to tripoli. so they dont really have the ability in terms of organization. i did speak to ...

Gender, but they need to be able to do the same amount of work. >> they lower the qualifications -- >> they cant do that. >> a lot is about promotions and not about killing. >> we are reading about this too. they are worried about a career parity throughout their time in the military. if you are in a combat unit you are promoted quicker, and that is true. so thats right, but it isnt even so much about some women being able to do that. of course they can. your friend is probably one of them. go a...

People -- >> good luck. thats it for us, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much for watching. imagine the last combat unit pulling out of iraq. my god, god bless us all. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow! vernon, texas a town where business is personal a health mart town. where second generation pharmacist, terry spears... owns his health mart pharcy. here terry offers free one on one diabetes sessions, providing information to customers in a way that... makes them feel comfortable,

People -- >> good luck. thats it for us, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much for watching. imagine the last combat unit pulling out of iraq. my god, g does any mother ever feel like their kids are adults? i have twins, 21 years old. each kid has their own path. they grow up, and theyre out having their life. i really started to talk to them about the things that are important that they have to take ownership over. my names colleen stiles,

People -- >> good luck. thats it for us, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much for watching. imagine the last combat unit pulling out of iraq. my god, g

For so long the u.s. military continues to draw down of combat forces with a major milestone on the horizon. this week the final major combat unit, the 4th stryker brigade, 7th infantry division drove across the border and there are a couple more soldiers due to leave to get down to 50,000 boots on the ground to meet the deadline ending combat operations and the mission changes to operation new dawn and american soldiers will be there in a more advise and assist role, securing aerospace an borde...

Florida. rand paul is ahead in the kentucky senate race according to a poll there. reuters-ipsa sur vase has him leading jack conway 45-40%. one top democrat is being called politically immature by some of the constituents. well have the who and why in the grapevine. straight ahead, the last combat unit in iraq is leaving town. [ female announcer ] its crabfest at red lobster.

War. nbc news chief war correspondent richard engel joins us live from camp liberty where hes embedded in the last american combat unit in iraq, the fourth striker brigade. whats been the reaction from the striker unit. >> well, the striker unit clearly is very proud to have this position in iraqi history. they are stationed at ft. lewis in washington state and they will be the last american combat troops in iraq, when they leave, its possible to say that the war is over, but what is clear to sa...

Headed home from iraq. up next, nbcs richard engel whos embedded with the last american combat unit will join me live and we would like to know what you think about any of the stories we are covering this hour. go to twitter.msnbc.com. time for the your business entrepreneur of the week, kelvin washington spends his days as a 911 dispatcher for the cincinnati fire department. at night he runs a company started by his late mother mary. family and friends have pitched in to help him keep his mot...