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For so long the u.s. military continues to draw down of combat forces with a major milestone on the horizon. this week the final major combat unit, the 4th stryker brigade, 7th infantry division drove across the border and there are a couple more soldiers due to leave to get down to 50,000 boots on the ground to meet the deadline ending combat operations and the mission changes to operation new dawn and american soldiers will be there in a more advise and assist role, securing aerospace an borders, training iraqis and also, doing counterterrorism operations, general odierno's also leaving iraq...
Florida. rand paul is ahead in the kentucky senate race according to a poll there. reuters-ipsa sur vase has him leading jack conway 45-40%. one top democrat is being called politically immature by some of the constituents. we'll have the who and why in the grapevine. straight ahead, the last combat unit in iraq is leaving town. [ female announcer ] it's crabfest at red lobster.
War. nbc news chief war correspondent richard engel joins us live from camp liberty where he's embedded in the last american combat unit in iraq, the fourth striker brigade. what's been the reaction from the striker unit. >> well, the striker unit clearly is very proud to have this position in iraqi history. they are stationed at ft. lewis in washington state and they will be the last american combat troops in iraq, when they leave, it's possible to say that the war is over, but what is clear to say and correct to say is that the combat mission will be over. 50,000 american troops will stay be...
Headed home from iraq. up next, nbc's richard engel who's embedded with the last american combat unit will join me live and we would like to know what you think about any of the stories we are covering this hour. go to twitter.msnbc.com. time for the your business entrepreneur of the week, kelvin washington spends his days as a 911 dispatcher for the cincinnati fire department. at night he runs a company started by his late mother mary. family and friends have pitched in to help him keep his mother's entrepreneurial spirit alive. for more watch your business sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc.