the fight to al qaeda with support from our troops because we will have 50,000 of them there. the president is very grateful for them and he said thank you to a unit that will leave fort bliss in the near future to deploy to iraq to undertake the mission. lastly, we have to make sure we are focused on making sure the iraqis take the important decision to form a government so they can get back in the driver s seat on their own future. we heard that from the prime minister today a we will hear it from iraqi politicians. shepard: thank you for making a change in your schedule to be with us like today. again, coverage tonight on the speech on all platforms, radio, internet, in this box, at the business network, the local broadcast station, you will be all foxed out. how did we get to this point? u.s. troops invaded iraq seven