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let's go "out front." i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen americans who gave their last full measure of devotion. we have a moral obligat...

i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen americans who gave their last full measure of devotion. we have a moral obligation to all of them to ...

staring a porpoise right in the face. oh, just got me again. a once top-secret military program that's enlisting animals to protect the country. but first, inside a polygamous sect. >> we're dealing with the exploitation of children of young girls for sexual purposes. >> reporter: gary tuchman takes you where most people never go -- exposing polygamy's dirty secrets. >> reporter: the scenery is spectacular and the polygamist families who live here along the uft-arizona border have been able to live their lives with little interference from the outside world for generations. stepp...

tea party demanding more cuts in federal spending, a cap on future budgets, and a balanced budget amendment. but at a republican caucus meeting speaker of the house john boehner told everyone in his party, and i quote, "get your ass in line." and listen to senator john mccain. >> what is really amazing about this is that some members are believing that we can pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution in this body with its present reputation, and that is foolish. that is worse than foolish. that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people. to hold out and say we wo...

Cycles, two years each, i balanced the budget every time. i mean, that's either true or false. >> well, what he did do was technically bring it into balance. he borrowed $4.4 billion. he engaged in accounting shifts. he advanced payments on taxes. he delayed paying bills and he pushed a bag load of spending down to local governments. but each and every year he was governor we ran deficits and they kept accruing each and every term. we were in a deficit position from 2003 on, long before the recession. >> arnie carlson, great to have you with us tonight. thank you for speaking up. >> always a p...