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shipping out. the 4-2 as they re called crossing the border into kuwait. by midseptember, they ll be back in the warm embrace of america. the war may be ending but the mission in iraq is not. we begin with irwhat damon who is on the phone. we re witnessing history. reporter: good morning to you both, for many here, it s an historic and moving moment for the soldiers who finally did leave the battleground. with this movement out, we currently stand around 56,000 u.s. troops in iraq. that is 6,000 short of what they would like to see. they would like to see 50,000 at the end of the month. and we re switching from iraqi freedom. the war that was launched back in 2003 will be ending and we ll be entering the era of operation new dawn. now, we ve been talking to a lot of soldiers and they ve been head ought because the u.s. has been drawing down for months now. many have been on multiple deployments. they ve spent more home in iraq than they have with their own families. they
it s been one year since the fall of banking giant lehman brothers. the domino effect it has on the economy and the after shocks we re feeling today. plus, the president pushes for financial fixes, idea that could reshape the money industry will recollect they make the financial industry will they make the financial industry safer. and are we disconnected from prices? what someone inside the health care industry has to say about health care, all ahead on this edition of first business . you re watching first business , with tom hudson and beejal patel. investors and the market naturally want to look forward but when coming up to a big anniversary like the collapse of investment banking giant lehman brothers it is enough to the to look forward. a year ago, dow jones industrial average took 1,000 points off the dow. coming up on tuesday the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is expected to give a speech at the brookings institute in washington about the one-y