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Government, the current government functioning. security forces are functioning. >> and there is a caretaker government? >> there is a caretaker government, and the elements of the state are in place and functioni functioning. >> the u.s. is supposed to be down to 50,000 troops, and all combat forces are out and the 50,000 are supposed to be training the iraqi military and then all u.s. troops are supposed to be out by the end of next year. is that realistic? >> absolutely. this is because an agreement was signed in november 2008 between the united states and iraq to schedule a gradual withdra...

Getting seen in the gulf of mexico and sending that message, or less fortunately, for the standpoint of democratic candidates, wading into the controversies like the one over the moving in new york. >> okay. john, let's get to iraq right now. there's fresh violence this week. we have all about 50,000 troops scheduled to leave, all combat forces. there was a farewell ceremony for the last scheduled to leave. all out by the end of the month. any chance if there's an uptick in violence the u.s. might shift the policy? >> reporter: well, i think it's possible, all thousand this president has been ...

President obama is not backing off his stance at a mosque should be allowed near ground zero. the president says muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as other americans. and wikileaks says it will publish 15,000 more war documents this month despite warnings from the u.s. government. it says it is removing all references to innocent parties. draw down in iraq. the last u.s. combat brigade in iraq is on it ways home. president obama ordered all but 50,000 troops out of iraq by the end of august. nbc's richard engel in baghdad for us, the latest from iraq on the draw down. >> r...

I think that is planned on that topic. we have a second round tomorrow on the auto industry, what are some of the other topics that we should expect to see the president focusing on as success stories, you know, good news, achievements kind of? >> now that you mention those, let's just touch a little bit on them. i mean, obviously the president, i think many of you that covered the campaign, regardless of which campaign you covered, without a doubt i think it is safe to say that the president's plan to remove our combat forces was among the most hotly debate ned both the primary and in the gen...

Iraq, because he doesn't talk about the war on terror the way president bush did, as much. and he frankly has spent a lot more time in afghanistan because that's what he promised to do as a candidate. the focus on the bush administration had shifted too much to iraq. he's trying to shift it back to afghanistan. but i think today is a reminder we still have a lot of troops in iraq. august is a pivotal moment here. and the combat forces will be out by august 31st, we'll still have tens of thousands of troops there, and a lot of them coming home with serious, serious injury, traumatic brain injur...