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robin wright. i'm joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. >> it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this m...

i'm joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. >> it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this middle-class tax ...

Time. joe biden has arrived in country to attend that event, and he'll also be attempting to deepen further future ties with iraqis once u.s. troops pull out including defense and security agreements to the point that perhaps one day u.s. soldiers may return in a continuing training role. quite how many remains to be seen, and that also depends on the stability of iraq and whether iraq turns to the united states once more and asks them to come back and help in a more conflicted situation. back to you. jon: they have made some tremendous gains there, and our hats are off to all of them, the mar...

Of command officially, and a change of mission. the vice president, joe biden and defense secretary robert gates both attending today's transfer ceremony in baghdad, u.s. forces go from a combat role to a training role. army general lloyd austin becoming the new commander of u.s. forces in iraq, replacing general order yearn know. u.s. troops may be in a support role in iraq now, but the new mission means possibly even more work for some of them. our chris lawrence has been embedded with the troops all week, joining us live from baghdad. chris, hello to you. it seems counterintuitive. the miss...

Operations. >> let me say this as plainly as i can, by august 31st, 2010, our combat mission if iraq will end. >> august 18, the last u.s. come pat brigade left iraq. >> but remember, shep, 50,000 u.s. troops remain in iraq, in a training role but clearly they will still be targets for attacks and could be drawn back into combat as the president said today, there is still a lot of work to be done. >>shepard: thank you, like from new york, this afternoon. good to see you. hurricane earl is a junior threat to the east coast and could create a nightmare for the buildup to the labor day week. befo...