close to the front lines plus you have u.s. aircraft doing close combat support. you know, you and i have been to a lot of war zones, anderson, by any definition, that is in some form of combat. it is not just a counter terrorist or training operation. did the president say anything about how he felt about having to make this decision? e whe was asked was he disappointed. he said no, he s not disappointed. listen, he said in his words he believes it s the right thing to do and his commanders are telling him this for months. the facts on the ground is the situation is in the president s words fragile and you have to think the spectrum of iraq was in the back of his mind. he pulled u.s. forces out of will and saw the advance of isi jim, thanks very much. thank you. as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, nba and reality tv star lamar odom is at