all american troops will be home by the end of the year. that s 39,000 men and women. there was talk that 5,000 troops might stay next year, but, no. we ve got jessica yellin at the white house and chris lawrence at the pentagon tonight. jessica, i wanted to start with you. this came down to whether our troops would be protected troops would be protected from prosecution in iraq in part, didn t it? reporter: that s right. the white house, this administration and the iraqi government were trying to work out a deal to get american troops immunity from iraqi laws so that some could stay behind as trainers and advisers. the iraqi government did not agree to that and you heard the president then announce that all u.s. troops would be coming home. some critics are raising security concerns with all u.s. troops leaving iraq by year s end, and the president emphasized that he has kept a campaign promise. this was a man who ran vowing to end the war in iraq in his remarks and he als
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there he is. and now for the big number. did you notice that each of those headlines went with a different spelling for the former libya leader s name. does it start with an a, k, g, or a q, and does it end with an i or y, and quite an arrange of spellings for his first name as well. how many translations for his name have popped up, 112, just in the english translations. the library congress alone lists 72 of them. 112 right ways or wrong ways to spell know mar gadhafi. that s tonight s big numbers. up next, jon huntsman is the presidential candidate democrats seem to like the most. he s coming here next. you re watching hardball, only on msnbc. if shopping for insurance were like shopping for diapers, you might think all these cost about the same. protect about the same. but what if you have an accident? allstate accident forgiveness starts the day you sign up.
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