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Sacrifice in iraq. but make no mistake, our commitment in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. >> the president's speech came during a violent day in iraq. yesterday, two bombings, and a drive-by shooting killed eight people. and new figures show july was the deadliest month for iraqis in more than two years, with 535 casualties. and according to the latest "usa today" gallup poll public support for the war in afghanistan is declining. 36% of americans backed president obama's management of afghanistan. a drop from 48% in february...

>> that is exactly what we are doing. as promised, and on schedule. >> reporter: when president obama took office in january 2009, there were 144,000 u.s. troops in iraq. by the end of this month, more than 90,000 of those troops will have come home. a transitional force of 50,000 troops will remain in-country, to train iraqi security forces, provide security for ongoing u.s. civilian efforts and conduct counterterrorism operations. >> our commitment in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. >> reporter: as the iraqi withdrawal cont...

This broadcast before is deflation, not inflation. and that goes to this whole deficit question, which is to say are prices ultimately going to start coming down? are people actually not going to go out and borrow because they're worried that things are actually going to get cheaper? and i have to say that is on the tip of everybody's tongue this weekend. it's almost been an almost sea change in the past seven days on that very topic. >> okay. meanwhile, president obama is vowing to stick to his pledge to end the u.s. combat mission in iraq by the end of this month. despite ongoing instability...

But make no mistake. our commitment in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. as we mark the end of america's combat mission in iraq, a grateful america must pay tribute to all who served there. [ applause ] remember, our nation has had vigorous debates about the iraq war. our pariots who supported going to war and patriots who opposed it. but there has never been any daylight between us when it comes to supporting the more than 1 million americans in uniform who have served in iraq. for more than any conflict since vietnam. these m...

In baghdad. we are starting with suzanne malveaux, and the president says he's staying on his schedule he announced when at the took office. >> reporter: it's a campaign promise he would like to fulfill. president obama for years would like to have said mission accomplished. president obama is trying to set the stage, if you will, for that mission accomplished moment. he is setting the stage for the country speaking before this veterans group in atlanta later this morning and will talk about the next month of commitment from the united changes from u.s. troops primarily in a combat role to a c...