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>> reporter: troop level has dropped below 50,000 this week before the august 31 deadline set by the president milestone highlighted in the weekly internet address. >> the bottom line is this. the war is ending. like any sovereign independent nation, iraq is free to chart its own course. >> reporter: six months after national elections, iraqi lawmakers failed to form a government. wide-spread concern is continued political instability will result in deteriorating security. >> i'm not sure how much longer the situation can go on. look at the opportunity it presents for the terrorist. it would b...

Malini wilkes has the latest. >> under the heightnd alert, the military says it expects the iraqi security forces to conduct more patrol, more aggressively target terrorist networks. 56 people died in at least two dozen bombings and shootings around the country. al-qaeda has claimed responsibility. fear and frustration after attack this is week in cities across iraq. now a warning of more to come. iraqi intelligence officials believe more suicide bombers are in the country ready to strike again. that's why the prime minister has put security forces on highest alert. a deputy u.s. commander her...

Jerusalem. the president is expected to be involved in the peace talks and the last time the white house played a big role was in 2000. president clinton personally handled talks at camp david and when they failed, palestinians staged a violent up rising and '07, president bush took a more hands-off approach when he invited palestinian president mack mood abbas and ehud olmert to the table and made only a brief appearance and provided minimal support believing the two parties had to work it out themselves and the talks broke down in 2008 while israel was beginning a major military operation in...

>> kelly: you're right about that. boy, thank you for showing us some hope in hopedale, louisiana with the red fish, have a good lunch. >> thank you. >> jamie: president obama's firing back at critics today using his weekly radio and internet address, defending his economic policy and blasting republicans for trying to filibuster, he says, the recovery. malini wilks joins me live from washington. good to see you, malini, the president is harsh with the republicans and what they're doing, tell us about it. >> that's right, president obama taking a partisan tone, slamming republicans in his week...

Than 250 million dollars in separate scams every year. estimated 60 to 90 billion dollars in medicare abuse is absorbed by you, the taxpayer. >> nato saying a commando raid has foiled a terrorist attack on a major conference in the afghan capital today. secretary of state clinton among those set to attend the meeting of more than 60 nations tuesday in kabul. secretary clinton expected to press the afghan president to follow through on reform pledges and outline plans to improve security in the nine year war. clinton will follow the conference with a stop in pakistan. her trip comes amid a dead...