high-profile speech at camp lejeune in north carolina, then he reiterated last week from the oval office that essentially this was his mission accomplished speech, that all combat brigades were out of iraq. here ways said then and now. let me say this as plainly as i can. by august 31, 2010, our combat mission in iraq will end. tonight i m announce our combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. the iraqis have lead responsibility for the security of their country. reporter: but we have seen u.s. troops get sucked into battle including this weekend. two u.s. soldiers had to fire their weapons? downtown baghdad. we just heard reports from northern iraq that two u.s. soldiers were killed in northern iraq today.
how about we bring the money home to the other 49 states who might use it? president obama spoke about the need for money tonight. maybe he ll be listening to you, paul. he also spoke about the end of the combat mission in iraq and the president s speech. let s play some of what the president said tonight. so tonight, i m announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over, and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. this was my pledge to the american people as a candidate for this office. last february, i announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of iraq while redoubling efforts to strengthen iraq s security forces and support its government and people. that s what we ve done. we ve removed nearly 100,000 u.s. troops from iraq. we ve closed or transferred to the iraqis hundreds of bases. we moved millions of pieces of
over and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. this was my pledge to the american people as a candidate for this office. last february, i announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of iraq while redoubling efforts to strengthen iraq s security forces and support its government and people. that s what we ve done. we ve removed nearly 100,000 u.s. troops from iraq. we ve closed or transferred to the iraqis hundreds of bases. we moved millions of pieces of equipment out of iraq. going forward, a transitional force of u.s. troops will remain in iraq with a different mission, advising, assisting iraq s security forces, supporting iraqi troops in targeted counterterrorism missions and protecting our civilians. consistent with our agreement with the iraqi government, all u.s. troops will leave by the end of next year. out of iraq by the end of
in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over, and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. this was my pledge to the american people as a candidate for this office. last february, i announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of iraq while redoubling efforts to strengthen iraq s security forces and support its government and people. that s what we ve done. we ve removed nearly 100,000 u.s. troops from iraq. we ve closed or transferred to the iraqis hundreds of bases. we moved millions of pieces of equipment out of iraq. going forward, a transitional force of u.s. troops will remain in iraq with a different mission, advising, assisting iraq s security forces, supporting iraqi troops in targeted counterterrorism missions, and protecting our civilians. consistent with our agreement
i don t like the idea that he says combat operations are over. we re still giving out combat action badges, we re still going to award combat infantry badges. our troops are getting hazardous i didn t did not like the fact it was highly a political speech. he didn t tell us a whole lot new. i think it s great he s sticking to the agreement. we need to get the troops out of iraq and i hope he sticks to that plan. larry: pete, good point? larry, for once i agree with jon on the first point. it s important we emphasize the first of all time that we emphasize that the combat mission isn t over. he s right. we have combat brigades that have become advise and assist brigades doing similar missions as before. we still have about 5,000 special operators taking the fight to insurgent cells. this is not over even though i believe we have won the war in the sense of the surge and dampening down the violence we still have to win the peace and winning the peace will require both a militar