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Staff sergeant corey remsberg. >> there you have it. president obama speaking to the disabled veterans of america conference. the president said violence in iraq is the lowest it's been in years, and next month, are will the mission will change from combat to support. a transitional force will remain there, he said, until the end of next year. mr. obama telling his audience the mission from here on in will be to train iraqi forces and protect civilians there. the mission is changing, he said, from a military effort led by our troops, u.s. troops, to a civilian effort led by our diplomats, he s...

There are still those with bombs and bullets who will try to stop iraq's progress, and the hard truth is we have not seen the end of american 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, and 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. there are patriots who supported going to war. and patriots who opposed it. but there has never be...

Commitment in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. and as we mark the end of america's come watt mission in iraq -- combat mission in iraq, a grateful america must pay tribute to all who serve there. [applause] remember, our nation has had vigorous debates about the iraq war. there are patriots 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 one million americans in uniform who have served in iraq. far more than any conflict since vi...

Promised to get all of the combat troops out of iraq, by the end of the month, and, to show that he is in fact doing that. there will be only 50,000 support troops left in iraq, by the end of the month, so that is on target. he says he will do what he promised and we can look at one of the things the president plans to say from the excerpts we got earlier, he says, 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 al...

Total boots on the ground, even with the surge into afghanistan, will be reduced from 177,000 when the president came to office to 146,000 total in afghanistan by the time september comes around. in his speech today, the president will say that the commitment in iraq is changing, that it's changing from military effort led by troops to a civilian effort led by diplomats. the president make this point with a meeting he will chair in the middle of this month with his in the security council and we will see high profile visits to iraq. and we will probably see another presidential event with troo...