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There's been a steady troop reduction. by the end of this month, 50,000 troops will remain there. >> i made it clear that by august 31st, 2010, america's combat mission in iraq would end. >> if you value political liberty, as most americans do, you would say iraq's a lot better off now. if you value personal safety on the street, iraq is still somewhat worse off than it had been in the latter years of saddam's rule. >> and another sign concerns in iraq this morning. gunmen killed five iraqi soldiers at a western baghdad checkpoint. actor charlie sheen has pleaded guilty to assaulting his wif...

Also uneven. the u.s. is setting conditions to begin a responsible conditions-based u.s. troop reduction in july 2011. when it comes to rooting out terrorists, the report says the relationship with pakistan has been uneven. what does that mean? >> tony, it's a nice word, it's a clean word, basically saying of the u.s. saying that pakistan hasn't done everything it wants them to do in order to root out some of these safe havens. what this report really makes clear is that no matter what american troops do on the afghanistan side of the boarder in that fight, the situation will never be resolved...

Some of the administration officials were conveying to our allies who were asking to stick it out with us in afghanistan, don't worry. it's conditions based. we'll be there for a while. but to the left-wing base and members of congress he was conveying the deadline was firm. as much as i agree with the policy and general petraeus that it should be conditions based, and there probably won't be a dramatic troop reduction in 2011, i do think there's been mixed messages here. >> i want to go to a poll number from the nbc "wall street journal" poll. only 23% were more confident. 68% were less confi...

Strategies for fighting insurgents, which paved the way for u.s. troop reduction in iraq. he also holds by the way a doctorate in international relations from princeton university. he is a graduate of west point. now to the other huge story we're following today. breaking news in the gulf oil disaster. for over seven hours crude has been gushing into the water without the cap that's been crucial to trying to slow down the spill. an operational accident a mile below the surface forced the cap to be removed and has created this major new setback. when things supposedly couldn't get much worse,...