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Of the united states this is very disturbing if you think of the american lives lost, the limbs lost, the treasure in defending that country. >> according to reporting in the last week, with strong support, not only from irans qutz force. joining us now is jim miklaszewski, our veteran pentagon correspondent. you have seen this from the beginning. there has to be a moment of closure and relief, though this will be -- jim miklaszewski is on the phone, he will be doing more reporting. on the phone...

Been hearing, is that the iraq parliament would not agree to an extension of the status of forces agreement that would have prevented some small force, leon panetta had suggested some 3,000, 4,000 americans to stay on the ground as trainers to help the iraqi army continue to train, but that would not be possible without the extension by iraqs parliament it became clear that the politics in iraq would not make that possible. with me now in washington is chris matthews as we await the president. s...

Out. i view this as good news for the united states. i thought staying on with a small force, 3,000 to 5,000 as trainers would leave them vulnerable. and then the notion of lack of immunity was a no-go. were better off. we will end up with a couple hundred military people in the embassy doing military sales, monitoring equipment deliveries to the iraqis. i think coming out is the appropriate move. and will the iraqis hold together? my guess is, yes. they have six neighbors surrounding them. most...

The white house a couple weeks ago that he didnt think it was possible to get the necessary majority to sign on to that immunity. this was a pledge or a target made by president obama. we were told the two issues were immunity, and that this was the presidents deadline to begin with, to withdraw forces out. there were always plans to keep a small force, anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 inside iraq to assist the iraqi military, serve as trainers, but it appears that all, maybe a couple left behind to...