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joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? >> reporter: well, you know, i've been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is they're coming home. that's exactly what they've heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july and august. all that was made official yesterday when w the announcement of president obama. that...