nearly nine years of war. this morning, at camp victory in baghdad the u.s. is handing over control and pausing to remember all of the troops who have died in the fighting. in 2003 as u.s. troops invaded iraq national correspondent jim axelrod was the first western reporter to get to baghdad airport. he is back in baghdad this morning with the latest. jim, good morning. reporter: well, good morning. what we are seeing here in bad t baghdad is the beginning of the long good-bye. 13,000 american troops still in iraq and they will begin reducing the number to zero by the end of december according to the agreement. we saw a ceremony today and seeing them all over the country. there was one in basra, for instance, where flags of the united states at installations that are being guarded by u.s. troops are coming down and iraqi flags are going up as the iraqi security forces begin to take charge of security in a lot of places that had been guarded by u.s. troops up to this point
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