good evening. president obama s announcement yesterday that all american troops will come home from iraq by year s end has a war-weary nation pondering some difficult questions. chief among them, was it worth it? strictly by the numbers it has cost a lot. 4,469 americans killed. more than 32,000 wounded. at a price of more than $700 billion. in the process, a tyrant saddam hussein was toppled. but the elected government in the views of many is weak and corrupt. now as the war end those americans who fought in it and lost precious loved ones because of it have a lot to say. nbc s mike taibbe has more. reporter: across the country they ve been waiting for this. the date certain by which all those serving in iraq will be home for good. the war s veterans welcome the news. from south carolina. it s about time. we ve been wanting this for ail while now. reporter: to washington state. we did our job. we re coming home. reporter: the military spouses and children are thril
good evening. president obama s announcement yesterday that all american troops will come home from iraq by year s end has a war-weary nation pondering some difficult questions. chief among them, was it worth it? strictly by the numbers it has cost a lot. 4,469 americans killed. more than 32,000 wounded. at a price of more than $700 billion. in the process, a tyrant saddam hussein was toppled. but the elected government in the views of many is weak and corrupt. now as the war end those americans who fought in it and lost precious loved ones because of it have a lot to say. nbc s mike taibbe has more. reporter: across the country they ve been waiting for this. the date certain by which all those serving in iraq will be home for good. the war s veterans welcome the news. from south carolina. it s about time. we ve been wanting this for ail while now. reporter: to washington state. we did our job. we re coming home. reporter: the military spouses and children are thril