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involvement in iraq. we want to take you now live to baghdad, where you are looking at live pictures of the casing of the colors ceremony in the iraqi capital. it has been almost nine years since the u.s. invaded that country. and in that time, at least 128,000 iraqis have been killed in conflict situations. more than 4400 u.s. troops have also died. and now at this very moment,ed american military command in the country is closing a chapter in the history of both iraq and the u.s. armed forces with this somber ceremony. it is such a big contrast to the explosions that marked the beg...

mike osheerer around a.b. stoddard of "the hill." i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." 'tis the season for endorsements -- or not. a big not this week in iowa from the family leader -- the influential social conservative group said it won't even consider backing herman cain, citing, in part, a narrative of questions versus clarity on the key issues of life, marriage, foreign policy, and presidential readiness. joining us now from atlanta is herman cain. mr. cain, thank you so much for joining us here. i want to show our audiences, we noted you were the front-runn...

mcclain and newt goldstein. the newt endorsement from the "new hampshire union leader" with editorial page editor andrew cline. and then, all things political with "time" magazine's michael scherer and a.b. stoddard of "the hill." i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." 'tis the season for endorsements -- or not. a big "not" this week in iowa from "the family leader" -- the influential social conservative group -- said it won't even consider backing herman cain, citing, in part, a narrative of questions versus clarity on the key issues of life, marriage, foreign pol...

so the opportunity zones will allow cities like detroit to qualify for additional exemptions relative to the first nine. right now in the first nine you can deduct purchases if you're a business. you can deduct capital expenditures and net exports. but for those cities that qualify as opportunity zones, you will also be able to deduct a certain amount of your payroll expenses. so you will be insented to put people to work. the other thing about the opportunity zone, is that it just doesn't apply to certain kinds of businesses located in the zone, all businesses would qualify for thos...

Has indicated, in the area of foreign policy, we'll move on to the next challenge. right now there's going to be a real focus on whether or not the president's timetable for a draw-down of troops in outer parts of the middle east, iraq, afghanistan, if, in fact, the draw-down is too drastic, if he's actually taken away the infrastructure to check the troops that we do leave there on the ground and whether or not we will see a reaggression of the advances that have been made both in civic institutions as well as military stability. so there are always going to be issues that will focus our publ...