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captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. nearly seven years, five months after the u.s.-led invasion of iraq got under way. the final american combat brigade left that country overnight crossing into kuwait just before dawn. >> historic moment that comes nearly two weeks ahead of president obama's august 31st deadline. 50,000 troops will stay in iraq for at least another year, serving in noncombat roles. we'll have the latest in a live report from kuwait straight ahead. >> also ahead, ...

and dozens of spectators are nursing their injuries today, thursday, august 19th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television this thursday morning, i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. nearly seven years, five months after the u.s.-led invasion of iraq got under way. the final american combat brigade left that country overnight crossing into kuwait just before dawn. >> historic moment that comes nearly two weeks ahead of president obama's august 31st deadline. 50,000 troops will stay in iraq for at least another year, serving in noncombat roles. we'll have the latest ...

this thursday morning, i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. nearly seven years, five months after the u.s.-led invasion of iraq got under way. the final american combat brigade left that country overnight crossing into kuwait just before dawn. >> historic moment that comes nearly two weeks ahead of president obama's august 31st deadline. 50,000 troops will stay in iraq for at least another year, serving in noncombat roles. we'll have the latest in a live report from kuwait straight ahead. >> also ahead, the latest on that controversial plan to build a mosque year ground zero. ...

david natalie is following it for us live in atlanta. let's start with the rescue efforts. what is the latest with that? >> well, kiran, so far, the coast guard has suffered 1,100 square miles. the missing 11, that search is going to resume in an hour and half from now. in the meantime, the fire is still burning. look at the video we have. they've been pouring water on it constantly from early yesterday morning. the platform is leaning, or listing, pretty badly on its side but don't think it's going to be capsized. many of those were reunited with their families who have been waiting...

focused on three priority areas, securing critical fund -- not front-line states, meeting urgent global challenges and enhancing aid effectiveness and accountability. allow me to summarize each briefly. first and critical front-line states we propose spending $7.7 billion in state in usaid assistance in support of development efforts in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq. we have made some progress in each of these countries but we realize the significant challenges remain. over the past several years or focus in afghanistan has been achieving greater stability and security. we are begin...