pictures on nbc "nightly news" and here on msnb last night as he wroed along with the last combat brigade. richard, terrific reporting. >> thank you very much. and i'm glad we gave time to really experience this moment, which has been so important for american families, for the troops themselves. we are here in kuwait, those strikers behind me were among those last strikers that crossed from iraq and are now here in kuwait. the soldiers themselves are just waiting to go home. they know they took part in something historic and they feel that they have achieved a great deal and are proud of what they have done. on a windless morning, already near 100 degrees before sunrise, the 30-ton strikers cross into kuwait. 440 soldiers in 68 stryker the last american combat troops leave iraq.

>> good job, guys. good job. good job. >> reporter: just two american soldiers greet them as they cross the border an understated arrival. although the soldiers have been driving all night, some cheer. >> we're going home! >> reporter: or light cigars. we accompanied the strikers out of iraq, code name the last patrol. it began on a base on the end of baghdad. wi where the soldiers set off on the 326-mile drive to kuwait. the soldiers have just left camp liberty in baghdad. it's about 2:00 in the morning and they'll be driving for seven hours in the night and then take a break before pushing on to the border. the troops scan the roads, weapons armed, but mostly it's a precaution. the threat is considered low. at sunrise, we first see the road. the troops are driving down iraq's main north/south highway,

smooth, wide blacktop. what a difference to how american troops entered iraq. in the 2003 invasion, u.s. forces crashed through the desert to surprise iraqi forces. as they exit iraq, the strykers navigate through traffic on a road protected by iraqi troops trained by iraqi forces. unlike the invasion, too, the helicopters over the convoy aren't providing protection, but carry reporters taking pictures. our own video is broadcast by a satellite truck we affectiontalaffectiont l affectiontally call the blue mobile. the satellite truck was named after nbc news correspondent david bloom. in 2003, bloom used it to do the first ever live television reports from a moving battlefield. >> because it's an armored vehicle -- >> reporter: sadly, bloom died of a blood clot before reaching baghdad.

steven dewitt from san jose, california, knows he's taking part in a turning point for american troops and the united states. >> it's just sinking in a war that has defined this generation of military men and women. and today it's over. >> reporter: in california, dewitt's family watches and waits for his return. >> it's great to see him heading out. >> reporter: but it was back on the kuwaiti border where we saw perhaps the most iconic image of this withdrawal. soldiers from the 4-2 stryker brigade unloading their weapons and turning in the ammunition after 7 1/2 years. a withdrawal that for many soldiers, veterans, military families and just americans brings closure.

and that final image of american troops taking the cartridges out of their rifles so that they can put them in boxes and turn them in is a very, very powerful one. and, now, we are here in kuwait with those soldiers from the 4-2 stryker brigade and they will leave this country and head for home in the next few days. >> what a historic moment, richard. truly amazing that you got to be there with that stryker brigade. even though combat operations may be over, our presence there is far from over. 50,000 more there. what's next for them? >> currently there are about 56,000 american troops. the last 6,000 were support troops and they are in the process of leaving iraq. they're going to have to be out of the country to bring us down to that 50,000 number by the end

of this month. after that, starting on september 1, there will be an official handover ceremony and with that handover ceremony we'll start the official, official start of this new mission advising and assisting with the combat troops out of the country. however, that transition is certainly under way already. those advise and assist soldiers will be in harm's way to some extent. they will still be in iraq and they will be on bases subject to some indirect fire, rockets or mortars. so, if you have, if there are troops in iraq, they are, they're still at risk, but they won't be doing major combat operations launching offensive maneuvers like the combat troops. that phase of the war is over. norah? >> richard engel, again, terrific reporter. thank you, again, we appreciate it. and now to ft. lewis, washington, where a big welcome home ceremony for some of the last u.s. combat troops to leave

iraq is set to begin in less than half an hour. nbc's miguel joins us now live from ft. lewis and, miguel, some members of the stryker brigade arrived home. >> their family members are waiting for the second half, about 150 more troops returning home. their deployment has lasted about a year and family members are excited to see them come home. we are actually going to be joined now by marcie fair whose husband is still serving overseas. a reminder of the 50,000 troops that remain deployed in iraq. tell me a little bit about what today means for all these family members that are waiting to see their loved ones come home. >> watching all these welcome home ceremonies is just a reminder to me of how proud of the mission that our soldiers have completed over there and also in afghanistan.

also a reminder that there is still a mission to be done and our soldiers, particularly serving with my husband, are doing their job over there and watching these welcome home ceremonies just makes me excited to have my husband and come and have a welcome home ceremony where i can bring him home with me. >> these troops have been away for about a year. that's a long time. what is it like during that one-year stretch? >> it has its inherent difficulties as being away frommuofrom your spouse for any amount of time is difficult. having as many deployed soldiers as we've had has lended itself to just building a cohesive environment for our families. there's been a great support network in the frg, the family readiness groups both at the company, battalion and brigade level as well as neighborhoods coming together in support of family members with soldiers gone. i mean, there have been husbands and wivedis deployed, for the mt

part, for 18 months. so, we all had to pull together and play mom, dad, mechanic, light bulb changer, anything we can to just help and fill the role that, you know, a spouse would fill as friends, as well. >> we know your husband, the major has been gone for some time and this is his third deployment. >> yes. >> what should families expect when they get back together today? what do most families set out to do? >> it's an emotional experience. you're just so happy to see your husband or your wife come home but you've also spent the year living independently of your husband or your soldier and it's an adjustment period. just everyday things. going to the grocery store and having someone there you're accountable for your time with and you want to spend as much time as possible, but you also have your life and they're integrating back into their

lives, as well. so, there's a learning curve. the army has actually put some really good programs together to help families and reintegrate back into the normalcy of everyday home army life. >> we appreciate your time. we know it's an exciting day, not just for you, but for all the other families who are having soldiers return. norah, back to you. >> we're certainly thinking about our military families. miguel, thank you so much. once again, that welcome home ceremony at ft. lewis for the troops returning home from iraq begins at 11:30 a.m. eastern. we'll be joined by brigade commander and command sergeant major alan biorke. that begins at just about 11:30 and we'll have that for you live right here on msnbc. ongoing controversy over plans to build an islamic center and mosque near ground zero. the head of the roman catholic church in new york is offering to mediate between the critics

of the mosque and the developers. the archbishop said it was "a major prayer that a compromise be reached." his take on the location, he doesn't have any strong feelings, but may support finding a new location. also, new york's governor david paterson says he has not spoken with the mosque's developers yet, but is making himself available to them. the governor defended his involvement in the whole issue. >> i wouldn't, as a government or personally try to prevent them from doing anything. what i'm trying to do is raise the conscious level of this discussion and have us talking and dialoguing with each other. >> and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is also speaking out today on this controversy. here's what he said this morning on "today" show. >> the question is, should they build it? are they displaying the sensitivity they claim by building it? >> former mayor giuliani also said that the mosque and islamic

center is causing "tremendous pain, anger and division, especially for 9/11 families." if it's not the birth or movement, then it is confusion about president obama's religion. nearly one in five americans, 18% now believe that the president is muslim. that's up from just 11% last march. some 34% believe that the president is christian. jonathan capehart is an editorial page writer with "washington post" and also an msnb contributor. the president is not muslim, he is a christian and why do you think these numbers have risen and what does it tell us about what's going on? >> well, what the numbers also show is that the number of people who think that the president is a muslim, by and large, think, well, they don't like the president. they don't like his job performance and they don't like what he's doing in the white house. they don't like him. they don't like his leadership. and another interesting poll

number is that 60% of those polled, 60% said they got their information from the media at large. most of them citing television and, you know, television is a visual medium and i would, i am going to put this out there. you know, the president gets the rhetorical part of his job, usually he gets it right. but it's the theater of the job that he is really uncomfortable with. i think if the american people were to see him going to church every sunday, which, by and large, he does but up in camp david, the visuals would, i think, go a long way to dispelling this incredible poll numbers. >> that's really interesting, jonathan. i want to get to that in a minute because one thing that has been underreported is the fact that this president does not regularly attend church, st. john's, of course, across from the white house like other presidents did in a very visual way. but i want to talk first about

the fact that an increasing number of americans think that the president is muslim. it wouldn't matter if he is muslim, but is there some suggestion, why is it that they believe that and do you think that there is some confluence with this whole mosque controversy? >> well, look, this is something that's bedevilled the president during the campaign. even though he had that public, that public fight with reverend jeremiah wright. reverend, christian, people still cling to this idea that he is, that he is not christian. that he is muslim and the undercurrent in this, in that part of the discussion is a negative one. remember the woman and nsenator mccain, one of his final rallies where the woman said, i don't trust him. he's a muslim and mccain stepped forward and said, no, no, no, he's a good man. the inference there that being muslim equals something negative, something to be

feared, something that's wrong. and i think that, you know, that's something that we're going to have to grapple with because it's not good for the country. >> jonathan capehart, great to see you. thanks so much, we appreciate it. >> thank you. from the mosque controversy to the looming midterm elections, the president has a chance in the next ten days to put some of that business on hold because he's kicking off his vacation in martha's vineyard. mark viqueira is in martha's vineyard with him. mike, i have been reading some of your tweets. tell me what the president has planned and, first, i want to hear if there is any reaction from the white house about what we aired exclusively on nbc and msnbc last night. these last combat troops out of iraq. >> not yet, norah. we have not seen the president today. we are not likely to see or hear from him until he does depart to andrew's air force base until he makes his way to martha's

vineyard. they call it a farm, it's called around here the blue heron farm. about 30 acres on the southwest side of this island. if it's anything like last year, there will be plenty of golf and activities with the children, bike riding and a trip out for ice cream, things of that nature. of course, the white house, stop me if you heard this one before, said the president is never really on vacation. they went out of their way to let us know that john brennan, the president's homeland security adviser would be along on this tripe to give him his intelligence briefings every day. the president here is simply here to recharge his batteries and something they always say to reporters who are traveling along with the president, don't expect a lot of thews. we are not planning to make a lot of news. reality has a way of intruding on that. last year the ben bernanke reappointment as chairman of the federal reserve, the passing of ted kennedy and the obama family vacation in hawaii last year, of course, interrupted by the christmas day bomber. but, plans right now a lot of r and r. as you can see, a beautiful day here in martha's vineyard.

the president is expected to be about eight miles away down towards that farm i was telling you about, norah. >> mike viqueira there with the president, we appreciate it, mike. coming up, millions of eggs recalled. what you need to look out for and what you need to know, straight ahead. plus, raising arizona. the senate race there is just days away. that primary, could we see a former gop presidential nominee unseeded? a real life horror movie. bed bugs move out of the bedroom and, yep, into the seats in your movie theaters. groedy. what you need to know about these creepy crawlers, that's next right here on msnbc. [ female announcer ] eyes feeling overworked? discover visine® tired eye relief with hydroblend™, only from visine®. just one drop instantly soothes and revives

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and a nationwide egg recall expanded overnight.

more than 380 million eggs are deemed unsafe because of salmonella contamination in 17 states. hundreds of people have gotten sick and nbc tom costello joins us now from washington, d.c. hey, there, tom, from the control room up here at msnbc. tell us what we need to know. >> the bottom line is if you have eggs manufactured at a particular plant in iowa, you need to throw them out or return them. let's quickly go throw what we have for you. here are the brand names involved and there are a lot of othem. the full list is going to be on our website, msnbc.com. but they include albertson's and dutch farms and farm fresh and glennview. the what the carton numbers are. the cartons are stamped with a p number and those are p-1720, p-1026, p-1413. there we go. magically they appear. p-1946 and p-1942. if you see those numbers stamped

on the end of your egg cartons, then you should either return them or throw them out. they could make you very sick. symptoms for salmonella poisoning is as follows. when you get the bad stomach flu and things are going south, that's exactly what this is all about. fever, abdominal cramps, diarrhea and they could develop 8 to 72 hours after you eat the eggs and you may say, i don'tee that many eggs. we all eat, according to the egg council, about 248 eggs a year because they're in our salads, in our cakes, our puddings and they're everywhere. not just actually have an egg and frying it up or what have you. all of those are issues to be concerned about. now, norah they know of about 300 people who have become ill over the course of the past three months, however, they don't know how many other salmonella cases out there may also be linked to this particular outbreak. in other words, how many other illnesses have already occurred that they didn't connect the dots to and how many more may

still be out there. if you have these cartons if you're a restaurant, distributer, hotel, throw them out. >> tom, what i was struck by was the number. 380 million eggs recalled. that's a lot. so, do they know the source of this salmonella and why did it affect so many eggs? >> it ain't one hen, that's for sure. unless it was a busy hen. this is coming from the wright county egg farm, which is a very big producer of eggs in gault, iow iowa. this is a company that had run ins with health inspectors over the last few years and now they believe that the salmonella is actually inside the hen houses and actually in the hens. so, the hens are passing the salmonella on to their eggs. it's actually in the ovaries of the hens. it's being transmitted into the eggs. >> excellent reporting, tom. everybody in the control room liked that one.

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in today's tech watch facebook is letting you share your real world location with your online friends. you can now hit a check-in button to announce your presence at a physical location. right now the place's feature is only available through facebook iphone app or by logging on to a smartphone site and the company plans to extend to 500 million members as soons as it can. all right, the apple ipad could be getting some competition this fall. verizon's tablet pc will hit stores on november 26th, black friday and it will run on google's operating system. a massachusetts woman posted something on line she thought was private and turns tout wasn't and it now cost her her job. june talviti said she used her facebook account to express what she felt about people from the wealthy community where she lives. she posted "residents are so

arrogant and snobby." and that she was "so not looking forward to another year at cohasset schools." >> i was only talking to my friends and turns out i wasn't. there is a very strong faction of parents or people that live in cohasset that are extremely arrogant and i can't deny that. >> marjorie egan is a columnist for "the boston herald" and i understand you wrote a column in favor of this administrator, but should she really, if she's administrator, calling people in the community snobby? >> norah, i have three kids and i spent a lot of time in school districts just like this. she's right, maybe she shouldn't have called the kids germ bags either but, i have three kids again. the kids are germ bags and the parents are obnoxious. they micromanage their companies and they know how to teach

better than the teachers and they will micromanage these kids. not all of them, but a lot of them are obnoxious. i go to the pto meetings in my town and i need a valium drip to get out of these things. it's out of control and, you know, she shouldn't have said it on facebook probably, but, you know what, she was telling the truth. she's my hero. >> well, i appreciate that you say that, but, marjorie, what about, there's a difference posting it on facebook so that everybody, including your students can see it as opposed to like sharing that ankst over a glass of wine with a friend. it's almost passive aggressive doing that. >> there's also second chances. it's possible, norah, that this woman has a history. she wouldn't give me an interview. suspend her for a week, say improve your manners. don't call kids germ bags, but to fire her over this, i think it is a little bit much. we have a great adage in boston,

you're never supposed to write when you could speak. you shouldn't speak when you can nod and you shouldn't nod when you can wink. she should have kept it to herself. she's to me like the rosa parks of obnoxious parenting. i'm glad she said it because it's true. >> marjorie egan, love it, thanks so much. coming up, as u.s. troops return home from iraq, a big welcome home ceremony that is slated to start any minute from now. you're looking at live pictures from ft. lewis in washington state. we're going to have that for you live right here on msnbc. plus, we go back to where it all began. shock and awe. we'll talk to the man who coined the term and helped to develop the strategy that started the war seven years later. does he consider it a success? was it worth it? this is msnbc. i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining.

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iraq were based. members of the fourth stryker brigade. some troops have arrived home and several hundred more arriving back home to their families today. while we wait for that ceremony to begin, we're joined by two very special guests. commander sergeant major alan biorke is also a member of the third stryker brigade and both returned from iraq about two weeks ago. colonel funk, let me start with you. first of all, congratulations to both of you. thank you for your service and all of those that serve with you. what does this day mean to you? >> oh, the isis a great day, norah. thanks for having us here. great to be back here. this is a great day because it means the closure of yet another chapter in the iraq saga. as we now change the mission to one primary about advising and assisting. >> and, colonel, what can we

expect in this ceremony that's coming up? >> oh, you can expect to see a lot of electricity in the air, a lot of smiles and quite a few tears as our soldiers reunite with their families, whom they haven't seen now in a year. it's going to be, it will be a great atmosphere. >> commander biorke, this was a big, historic day. we covered it here on msnbc last night, richard engel in the bloom mobile, named after david bloom and bringing us the live pictures of our troops coming home talk about the strain on our men and women and also on their families. >> good morning, norah, and good morning, america. it's great to be home. i know our families are relieved to have their soldiers home. they also had their own battle back here keepal things together for the soldiers so the soldiers can concentrate on their duties

while deployed. so, not only the spouses, but the children. they had a rough time of it. but the army has some great programs in place to take care of the families. to take care of the soldiers and the families' meantal and physical well being. >> let me ask you, colonel, will your brigade be headed to afg n afghanistan at all? >> no, we're actually currently scheduled to redeploy anywhere. we're going to get an opportunity to take a very measured approach to our reset in our reintegration. the command bjorke said we have programs out there for our soldiers and their families to get reintegrated with themselves and we'll take a very deliberate approach to resetting our selves and getting ready for whatever our nation calls us to do the next time. >> we certainly want to celebrate with you guys this homecoming and, sergeant, how

many returning home today? i think you'll have a lot of these homecomings in the next couple weeks, aren't you? >> yes, there will be quite a few. of course, this is fourth brigade and the next flight has a little over 170 on it. i'm not quite sure when the entire brigade will come. >> thank you for your service and for those returning home and their families. and we're going to bring our viewers certainly that ceremony from ft. lewis. thanks, again. >> thank you. >> thank you, norah. many of you will remember the start of the iraq war on march 20th, 2003. with an overpowering nighttime attack that was known at the time as "shock and awe." the attack included dozens of satellite-guided cruise missiles

fired from u.s.sh shishi ships persian gulf. all as tens of thousands of u.s.-led forces poured across the border from kuwait in an effort to topple saddam hussein. but saddam survived the initial attack and appeared hours later on iraqi television vowing to confront what he called the invaders. when u.s. troops took baghdad on april 9th, 2003, saddam had disappeared, he went into hiding and then was finally captured in december. joining me now the man credited with coining the term "shock and awe" retired naval commander harlan and he's currently a senior adviser at the senior council in washington. admiral, thanks so much, commander, thank you so much for joining us. explain the "shock and awe" strategy. >> i think if i could reinvent the term i would use a better

one. what you saw was not really shock and awe. what happened in march of 2003 was realtly the 1991 desert stom attack on steroids. it was designed to affect how the adversary fought. we wanted to stop doing things we did not and, actually, it began with the outcome one wanted to achieve, not necessarily march into baghdad, but imposing some piece of stability in iraq. unfortunately, the shock and awe you saw and, as a result, we have 50,000 troops in iraq in a very tenuous situation six month after the election there. still no government and electricity is still being rationed and violence continues and the situation there is still not, by all means, settled, even though as i said, we still have 50,000 troops remaining in iraq. >> i'm glad to hear you say that because shock and awe sort of, i think, gave this moment, if we could go in and sort of bomb the place into submission and achieve our goals quickly.

there was then, of course, the famous mission accomplished that all of a sudden we had won this war and could start coming home and then, of course, we had to be involved in a surge in a rapid increase in the number of troops to 170,000. at the end of the day, more than 4,000 men and women have died in iraq. was this war worth it? >> the answer is of course not. at the time, norah, you may remember i was opposed to the war because i didn't believe saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. as the war carried on, i was one of the many who argued that the peace was much more difficult and even though it's very, very good news that we're withdrawing our troops, we still have not dealt with the problems that are there and, in fact, we're creating new ones because a lot of the effort is going to be transferred to the state department militarizing, as it were, the civilian branch and whether they could be able to carry out those roles and responsibilities has yet to be determined. >> what did you think of the pictures last night that we

broadcast exclusively from richard engel and the bloom mobile watching the stryker cross over to kuwait. amazing, right? >> it ain't over over there and we still have 50,000 troops, plus afghanistan. as you will point out later, the situation in pakistan is absolutely perilous and that is catastrophic. probably as much work left to be done as there was even three or four years ago, despite the fact that we're drawing down. >> thanks so much. and, next, a jaw dropping sight in spain. a bull goes wild. what set him off. how many people hurt. also, the bed bugs invasion. they're now invading movie theaters. gross. even forcing one to be shut down. this is msnbc.

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that makes him the next "american idol" judge. dawn now joins us for the latest scoop. dawn, what happened to steven tyler? >> i have to say, his next reported gig is behind a table sitting down because he fell off the stage again while he was performing on the stage in toronto. guitarist joe perry backed into him and he fell over and thankfully he is okay. much better than the last time he fell off the stage last time in south dakota where he broke his shoulder and had to cancel his remaining tour dates. speaking of handsome men. this plastic surgeon that was killed out in l.a. he was heidi montag's surgeon. but something strange behind his death, tell us. >> he had careened off the pacific coast highway just earlier this week and his ex-girlfriend was speaking out just this week saying that the reason this accident happened in the first place was that he was texting and tweeting while

driving. now, of course, we know a lot of celebrities have come out and spoken about this recently, including oprah. she said that she wanted to talk about it so people do not text and drive. apparently, he was texting about his border collie and how she was enjoying the beautiful view that day. she was also in the car and she was ejected from the car and wasn't restrained and his dog is actually doing all right, despite some head and eye injuries. >> what a terrible story. >> really sad story and and the news he may have been tweeting. >> it's so dangerous and you can get so distracted while doing something like that and driving. the equivalent of drinking and driving. >> all right. we have one more, computer, risky celebrity searches. >> risky celebrities. these are some celebrities that we love at "life & style weekly." throughout the world people love them, as well. cybercriminals have also figured this out. if you're searching for cameron diaz who tops the list this year, you may get your computer

infected by a virus. >> don't search for cameron diaz or julia roberts or jessica biel. >> unless it's on a reputable site. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. new york city may have to find a new name for bed bugs. they're navading not just the big apple bedrooms but the movie theaters, too. this month the amc in times square had to be shut down when a moviegoer got bitten in her seat. two weeks earlier bed bugs were spotted in the same theater. amc says "we will treat any bed bug detections." bed bugs at stores in manhattan and unsuspecting customers are probably carrying bed bugs around with them. all right, plus, senator john mccain's political fight in arizona. he's ahead in the polls, but how much did he have to spend to get there? plus, the soldiers have just

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get your kleenexes ready. this is the live ceremony now. soldiers returning home to their families in ft. lewis, washington. i'm going to stay quiet for a minute. you can hear the families

screaming, so excited to see husbands, wives, sons and daughters returning from iraq. many of them gone for more than a year. this is the 4th stryker brigade, the 2nd infantry division. more than 300 troops. these are of course a batch of some of the last combat troops

to leave iraq as part of the deadline the president set. >> welcome home. [ cheers and applause ] please remain standing for the invocation. >> we pray. most gracious father, what a glorious day it is. we thank you for your hand of protection over these soldiers we're bringing home this day. we thank you for the support for their families. continue to bless them in their homecoming, with their family and friends and loved ones.

we ask this. amen. >> wow. don't these guys look great? [ cheers and applause ] welcome home, raiders. listen, my remarks will be extremely quick. to the families out here in the audience, thank you for coming. thank you for your patience. i know it's been an early morning. i also want to thank for their preceremony entertainment done by the four two dance troupe. how was that, huh? okay. to the soldiers out in formation, thank you for your service. thank you for your dedication. there is a grateful nation for all that you do. i'd also ask to the soldiers over the next few days, weeks, and even months that you look out for each other. the buddy plan is in effect.

if it doesn't look right, doesn't sound right, doesn't seem right, it's probably not right. don't be afraid to talk it out with each other. don't be afraid to bring something up to your chain of command if you think it needs it. let's not lose anyone at this point. again, i'll end my remarks sought family members can get down here on the floor and reunite. but again, 42, welcome home. job well done. first sergeant, they're all yours. >> dismissed. >> and here's the moment. ♪

>> congratulations to all our men and women. these homecomings so poignant. makes me tear up. people have been away from their families for so long. grateful to be home. that does it for me this hour. i'm norah o'donnell. thanks so much for being with us. jeff rossen is going to pick up our coverage. he's going to have more on this homecoming of our troops at ft. lewis as combat operations end in iraq. i thought i'd take a drive before work. want to come? [ female announcer ] or make his day. yeah. [ female announcer ] maxwell house gives you a rich, full-flavored cup of coffee, so you can be good to the last drop. [ female announcer ] fancy feast created a wayhatich, fto celebrate any moment.ee,

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