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A top of heated debate. >> america must leave the country. >> american soldiers should stay longer until we can rebuild the army and police forces. >> they are staying on to help strengthen iraqi forces. >> we need 40,000 soldiers right now. we probably need them for some time. >> last week two dozen bombings and shooting across the country killed 56 iraqis, mostly police and soldiers. a u.s. soldier died in a mortar attack. some iraqis want a new leader tougher on terrorists. >> iraq doesnt nee...

Facebook, my e-mail address contessa at msnbc.com. breaking news out of baghdad. three foreign contractors have been killed in a mortar attack on baghdads green zone. 16 others hurt including two americans. earlier today in mosul in northern iraq gunmen killed four people including a sunni cleric in a drive-by shooting. six people dead, more critically hurt after a greyhound bus crash in california. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento. police say the driver swerved to avoid ano...

>> reporter: having this working lunn frp right now with a broader group and theres lots of talk about how strong the military to military cooperation is. we think its pretty good behind the scenes but who knows. >> who knows indeed. richard wolffe competing a little bit with protest ers at the white house gates as we often see. thanks so much for that report. vice president joe biden is back a in the u.s. after spending time with some 90,000 u.s. troops stationed in iraq. they plan to -- in h...

Adding the finishing touches. security-wise. there will be 300 extra officers and 5,000 national guard troops. agents worked through 40 incidents from armed attacks to incidents. everything from mrs. trump sprang an ankle to a mortar attack or a drone above letting off some chemicals. the practice going smoothly throughouthroughout the day. and there will be balls at night. eric: it must be a kick for them to play the role of participants and the officials. there is a huge number of protests pla...

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Worried that other people, and particularly younger people are not going to have the same opportunities we did, because even though we came from, you know, great circumstances in terms of our family loving us and, you know, bill had a much more difficult upbringing than i did, but still, we believed that we could pretty much make our way up the ladder. and now i think a lot of particularly young people dont believe that anymore, and that bothers me a lot. want to turn our attention to the conf...

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Overruled. hicks, a diplomat, not a military officer said i believe if we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft over benghazi, there would not be a mortar attack on the annex because i believe the libyans wouldve split. but they had to stay and defend the embassy in tripoli. as for buzzing the consulate with jets, the closest f-16s were in italy or at least five hours away. for months, republicans have charged cover-up. last january, hillary clinton took the blame but also pushed back....