Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111213:22:37:00
That's the phrase they're using. and that our influence in the region will be on the wane. don't know what that's about. dick cheney again levelled the charge last night. let's not forget that it was under george w. bush, that the agreement was reached back in 2008. also, while troops are leaving the country, a strong american presence will remain, including the world's biggest embassy. the state department will keep a sta staff. richard engel is chief correspondent for nbc news. he joins us now from baghdad. richard, thank you so much. give us a sense of our residual strength in that location...