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Of the karzai government. come september 1st, how does the administration view the conflict there? >> jenna: that's the white house press conference taking place in martha's vineyard, where the president is vacationing this week, that's john brennan, counterterrorism adviser to the white house, we also saw the press secretary. here's the headline, the president is going to be making a major speech on the way forward in iraq, on august 31st, next week, september 1st is important symbolically because that is our change of mission in iraq from a combat operation to a noncombat operation. so the p...

We love to show them. many more will be coming home, but there still be l be 50,000, more than 50,000 soldiers on the ground to remain to train iraqi troops as the combat operation comes to an end at the end of august, and they begin the next operation new dawn. that begins september 1. what about the status of iraq and where we are with the withdrawal? back with the panel. steve? >> there was always going to be a day where we saw these kind of images, where the u.s. troops were going to start to withdrawal from iraq. the question was were we going to do in victory or defeat? we won militarily...

Threat came in. two passengers, possibly of pakistani descent, were detained and then released. after a four-hour delay the other passengers were rescreened and rebooked on other flights. the u.s. combat operation in iraq has formally come to an end. the last members of the army's 4th stryker brigade rolled across the border into kuwait. some troops from that brigade are already back at their base in washington state. neal karlinsky was there for the homecoming. >> reporter: for the last combat brigade in iraq, this is what the end of a long, deadly war looks like. >> love you guys. >> repor...

Iraq. these are great pictures and we love to show them. many more will be coming home, but there still be l be 50,000, more than 50,000 soldiers on the ground to remain to train iraqi troops as the combat operation comes to an end at the end of august, and they begin the next operation new dawn. that begins september 1. what about the status of iraq and where we are with the withdrawal? back with the panel. steve? >> there was always going to be a day where we saw these kind of images, where the u.s. troops were going to start to withdrawal from iraq. the question was were we going to do in v...

For him, where it's a source of joy for most of us. incredible story. >> definitely stick around for that one. good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. the war in iraq has now passed a major milestone. the last u.s. combat brigade has now left that country. >> after more than seven years, members of the 4th stryker brigade 2nd infantry are heading home. t.j. winick reports on the future of u.s. involvement in iraq. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. to be clear, the combat operation is not over until the end of august when the ...