debate. the longest list of safe cars ever. show you the new 15 top vehicles getting safety ratings early this thursday morning, december 15th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good thursday morning to you. i m erica hill. i m jeff glor. chris wragge is off this morning. i was thinking where we all watched the start of the iraq war almost nine years ago now. hard to imagine that, today, we are now marking the end. history, in fact, being made in baghdad with the u.s. officially declaring the war in iraq is now over. national correspondent jim axelrod is in baghdad this morning with more on the announcement. reporter: the end of mission ceremony that just wrapped up here marks the closing for the headquarters for the u.s. armed forces in iraq. within days, the last troops will convoy south to kuwait and the drawdown will be complete. reporter: in baghdad today, u.s. defense secretary leon panetta and james jeffrey and the top u.s. general lloyd austin paid tr