between iraq and kuwait. as you you noted, the past hour a celebration, maybe many hours we watched as convoy after convoy of american troops poured through this border coming out of iraq. this is a momentous day for the united states participation in the region. basically the u.s. presence in iraq is now over except for a residual force all u.s. troops, all u.s. hardware being pulled out as of today. that is to meet an agreement struck between the united states and iraq that stipulated that all u.s. forces had to be out by the end of this year. they pushed it up a little sooner just to make sure the folks got home for chas which it looks like for christmas which it looks like will happen. it was a careful journey by the last convoy because the security is major concern still even in the waning days of our own participation in this war. militants in the southern part of iraq had openly declared
frankly, on behalf of the world, i d like to congratulate you. that is really something. and i d like to know, how does it feel to have broken such a big and important record? well, it s actually a huge honor to break a record like this, but it s an honor for me basically to be representing all the folks at nasa who make this space flight possible and who make me setting this record feasible. and so, it s a very exciting time to be at nasa. we are all very much looking forward as directed by your new nasa bill. we re excited about the missions to mars in the 2030s, and so, we actually physically have hardware on the ground that s being built for the sos rocket that s going to take us there. and of course, the hardware being built now will be for the test flights that will
nation and frankly on behalf of the world i would like to congratulate you. that is really something ap a. and i would like to know mb how does it feel to have broken such a big and important record? well, it s actually a huge honor to break a record like this. but it s an honor for me basically to be representing all of the folks at nasa who make this space flight possible and who make me setting this record feasible. and so it s very exciting time to be at nasa. we re all very much looking forward as directed by your new nasa bill, we re excited about the missions to mars in the 2030s and so we re actually physically have hardware on the ground that s being built for the sls rocket that s going to take us there and of course the hardware being built now is going to be for the test flights that will eventually get us there. it s an exciting time and i m so