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That's why we had the peaceful 4th stryker brigade. drooifg out of baghdad as he talked about so movingly. >> larry: jon soltz, what did you think? >> i wasn't super impressed with the speech. i didn't like the opening line. there's a lot of young americans who are still in iraq. 50,000 troops that are in combat roles that are combat troops. i went into iraq in 2003 and my first thing that happened to me that night we got ambushed by rpgs and i remember thinking when i finally got into the area we were at, wow, didn't george bush just say the mission was accomplished and combat operations were...

Who are still in iraq. troops that are in combat roles that are combat troops and when i went into iraq in 2003 and my first thing that happened to me that night we got ambushed by rbgs and i remember thinking when i finally got into the area we were at, wow, didn't george bush just said the mission was accomplished and combat operations were over? that's a very, very dangerous statement for him to make. if you look in the history of our country and the challenges we faced in beirut and somalia, you have to be very careful that the american public is aware of the dangers that exist for our tro...

But that doesn't mean they couldn't engage enemy there. some of the u.s. military forces will be in what are called advise and assist brigades that could, in fact, see some combat. there will be some designated combat roles for special operations forces to continue to work with iraq on counterterrorism efforts there inside both baghdad and the rest of the country. but overall, this is marking, again, the end of the formal combat mission for u.s. military in iraq. >> hey, mick, before i let you gorks i want to play a piece of sound yesterday from admiral mike mullen about wikileaks and then hav...

It's a pretty significant benefit as well. they are saying it's up to 2700 hours a month if you qualify, shep. >> shepard: mike, we are not talking about only those who have seen heavy combat. >> well, that's correct. the argument being that when you consider the wars in iraq and afghanistan, there are not traditional front line fuss will that women, william, for example, who are serve hog are not traditionally allowed to serve in combat roles may have been exposed to very stressful situations because there is an enemy around them in a lot of different places. so, the rules have been loosened ...

International space station tomorrow. yesterday, atlantis blasted off from the kennedy space center for the final shuttle mission. the astronauts will spend a week installing fresh batteries and new russian compartment. more women, more than ever are joining the military. in 1980, the u.s. department of vet an affairs said there were 1.1 million female veterans. today the number has gone up, we have 1.8 million. when it comes to the number of female vet seeking healthcare service at the v.a. hospital, that number doubled in recent years and it is expected to double again over the next few ye...