details about jobs life later in the show. first let s get to the news at 5:30 a.m. president obama fulfilling a pledge he made during the 2008 campaign announced on friday the withdrawal of all u.s. forces from iraq by the end of this year. the move marks the end of the war that s lasted eight and a half years, taken the lives of 4,400 troops and tens of iraqi civilians on the ground. a small number of marine also remain in iraq to protect the united states embassy, but the president s decision to end operation there s s is drawing from republicans. i think it s a serious mistake. there was never really serious negotiations between the administration and the iraqis. they could have clearly made an arrangement for u.s. troops. yes, i m here in the region. yes, it is viewed in the region as a victory for the iranians.