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Anniversary of the beginning of the invasion in iraq. a very important moment, not only for the iraqi people, but an important moment in the u.s. involvement in iraq. president obama, as you know, fredricka, has set a timetable for withdrawal. and to remind our viewers, because we haven't talked about this a lot recently. to remind our viewers of this withdrawal, this is a withdrawal that president obama announced of drawing down, of pulling out most u.s. troops, combat troops from iraq by the end of this august. and of august 2010, that withdrawal will continue gradually after that to meet a ...

Seat the parliament and select a prime minister, form a government, and, u.s. commanders have predicted that during the time they are forming the new government we may see escalated violence, however, they've said they expect to be able to keep their timetable from -- for drawing down, to 50,000 troops, by the end of august, from 96,000, now. and, again, the president said this afternoon, he reiterated his commitment to have all combat troops, out of here, by august 31. we do expect the very first initial results here, in about 3 or 4 days, julie. >> julie: all right, malini wilkes streaming l...

Well, take a look at these pictures in down under. severe weather in melbourne, australia. nearly an inch of rain fell on the city in less than 18 minutes. imagine that. hail also brought traffic to a standstill, and more stormy weather is expected today. wow, look at that flooding! well, iraq is gearing up for its national elections tomorrow, but not without drama. this morning, a car bomb in najaf killed three people and injured more than 50. so, is the country ready to fly solo yet, and what would an unsuccessful election mean for the future of american troops? alex kingsbury with "u.s. n...

Drawing down, which makes this an even more american operation in afghanistan. >> bruce reidel, good to have your wisdom. thank you for joining us. up next, the republican national committee is broke, but wait until you hear about their plan to get out of debt. and space jam, does nasa need a traffic cop? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ ♪ i like it, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ ♪ i like it [ male announcer ] introducing mio -- a revolutionary liquid water enhancer. add a little. add a lot. ♪...

This has been lacking for over a decade. as you and i have discussed before. we are approaching country differently, and we're beginning to see real signs of movement. but nonetheless, we still have problems. >> but when we look for tangible progress, you know, there are a lot of people who say, actually, what is also happening is the pakistanis are waiting for the united states to start drawing down, they are building up their relationship with the taliban, and they're going to -- they're already meeting with karzai to tell him, look, let's cut a deal once -- in a post-american region you're ...