of the screaming eagles. >> it will be trog get their perspective. by announced with much fanfare that the end of combat operations in iraq taking place, but still a very active war in afghanistan. our guys and gals are still deploying. >> that's absolutely right. some people may be coming back and may be going back. the official ceremony by the way that marks the end of -- this is a confusing term to a lot of people. the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. we're still going to have 50,000 troops there but there is going to be an actual handover ceremony today about 8:00 eastern, about an hour and a half from now. vice president biden, defense secretary robert gates. they're there for the handover. we don't know really -- it is not like hong kong or india where they go from one administration to another. this is kind of a who gets the keys to this car. >> it will be interesting to see how this happens and of course it is going to be live for you right here on "american morning" in the next hour and a half. meantime let's try to check in