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Colors, the secretary joined leaders in honoring our service members while being candid about the road ahead for the nation. chief foreign correspondent richardengel, has covered the war from the start and join us live from baghdad. richard, a solemn days in many ways, with the secretary of defense saying to the troops, your nation is deeply indebted to you. all of us, of course, honor their service, but this departure leaves many questions unanswered, doesn't it? not least, remaining diplomatic personnel and the fragile peace between iraq's sectarian groups. >> reporter: well, starting off wi...

A lot of time during the hot fighting itself. just share some thoughts. >> i'm very concerned about one thing in particular. this base where i am right now, this was a u.s. military base, but the u.s. flag is still flying here because this is nowen embnow an embassy compound. one of several structures remaining in iraq that will host this embassy footprint that includes 16,000, 17,000, we don't know exactly, hard to get information about this, security contractors, diplomats, and this will be an armed presence as well. we were told by military commanders today that the embassy will be operatin...

They're not shiite or iranian pawns, but they do feel a certain affinity to iran, and iran has a great deal of economic influence here, many travelers from iran are coming, and when you compare iran's influence, which is exerted through political friends on the ground, through charities that it funds, compared to america's influence, which is now going to be carried out by the face of thousands of hated security contractors, i think long-term, iran is probably going to have more success in winning friends and influence, which is ultimately what embassies want to do. >> nbc news chief foreign c...

Very dire. muqtada al sadr and others have tremendous power in this region. sunnis feel they're being squeezed out of power. and the u.s. embassy here is going to be like no other diplomatic mission in the world with 15,000 to 18,000 people working here with most of them being security contractors. this will be a new phase with, i think, tremendous challenges ahead. but it won't be america's war anymore. but there may be another phase of the iraq war. >> nbc's richard engel, richard, thank you. 25 miners are above ground after what's called a rock burst occurred at an underground mine in nor...

over and out. the u.s. military lowers the flag in baghdad. the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. >> breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to "american morning." good morning, carol. >> good morning, christine. good morning to all of you. it's over. minutes ago u....