exit strategy in action. the last u.s. combat brigade in iraq is on its way home. president obama has ordered all but 50,000 troops out of iraq by the end of the month, all u.s. trops are set to leave iraq by the end of 2011. nbc s richard engel joins me live from baghdad. good sunday morning to you. reporter: good morning, alex. we are now on the outskirts of baghdad, at camp liberty, and we are embedded with members of the 42 stryker brigade, based in ft. lewis, go by the nickname the raiders. what s special about the troops they are the last u.s. combat troops in iraq and they will be leaving as all combat troops will be by the end of this month. but the question is, what kind of country will they be leaving behind? u.s. commanders say the iraqi
understood. representative halvorson, much appreciated. pleasure to have the opportunity to talk. me, too. and doing right by our veterans, more important than ever. at least according to our next guest is addicted to being at war. consider the last half century of our national security policy a military engage. haiti, defending kuwait. our oil interest in the first war with iraq and the current and longest war in american he sry still being funded and advanced by our nation. it s coughers and soldiers in afghanistan. president obama promised to bring the troops home from iraq and afghanistan. 50,000 left by the end of the month. no clear exit strategy in afghanistan, as we are now addsing soldiers to the theater. is this issue bigger than any
but worrying about them. reporter: so the president there in new york city. went to the studios to a big hall of two fund-raisers in new york city and noticed barbara walters there, savannah. an inspiration to a lot of us. first time back on the couch after she had heart problems. savannah? all right. nbc s mike viqueira at the white house this morning, thank you. the vice president sat down yesterday with ann curry defending the u.s. mission in afghanistan and also gave a preview of sorts of the u.s. exit strategy. we re in afghanistan for one express purpose. al qaeda. the threat to the united states. al qaeda that exists in those mountains between afghanistan and pakistan. we are not there to nation build. we are not out there deciding we are going to turn this into a jeffersonian democracy and build that country. we made it clear. we are not there for ten years. vice president biden today with nbc s ann curry. well, in the gulf, oil that seemed to be everywhere a month
exit strategy. william gean is the president of that organization. what are you pushing for here? well over the last two years both sides of this debate and governmental sources such as the department of homeland security and u.s. census indicate that while thousands of illegal aliens continue to stream across our unprotected borders each night many more are leaving because of the bad economy, increased anger against illegal immigrants by the american populous and increased enforcement on the state level in places such as arizona. reports across arizona indicate that illegal immigrants are holding yard sales and leave. we want them to go back to their home count tkpwraoes instead of to other states. many want to return to their home countries and most are from mexico, central and south america, we are asking the obama jon: you re pushing the white house for this thing called safe passage. jenna: we want safe departure points. we would like for the president to declare a couple of b
because it s our own coast guard writing a letter, saying it s okay to take assets out. the coast guard should be there helping us. instead, it s like their there to keep us quiet and help bp on the exit strategy. i ve never seen anything like this. somebody needs to stand up and answer questions. why is it the coast guard won t get any boom, they won t get anything i need in the parish, but they ll help bp sneak equipment out of my parish. that is criminal. it s criminal. we re going to have to leave it there. billy nungesser, thanks for being on. just ahead tonight, 360 investigates another piece of the bp empire, it s more than just an accident waiting to happen. accidents have happened, they already have the fears, the worst is still waiting in the wings. also next, new fallout from the shirley sherrod affair. howard dean calling fox news s side in it racist. does that fit the facts?