. >> commander general raley odierno praised the continue activities -- a rate or odierno -- ray odierno praised the continued activities. al-qaeda only arrived in iraq after the americans came here. the final speaker was the new u.s. commander, general loy austin. >> because of your service, the iraqis have been able to participate in two free and fair national elections. the incidence of violent attacks have steadily declined, and iraq has begun constructive new relationships with its regional allies. >> this was just the handover ceremony. the real change will be at the end of next year when all american forces have to leave. meanwhile, as the vice president pointed out, the 50,000 american troops to remain are as combat ready as any in the u.s. military. bbc news, baghdad. >> another aspect of the aftermath in iraq. former prime minister tony blair says he deeply regrets the loss of life, but stands by his decision to invade. in his newly published memoir, he also lays bare his relationship with gordon brown, his former friend who took over. here is our political correspondent. >> it

and to help us along the way is dietician here at raley's earline griffith. >> milk has one of the best sources of vitamin "a," and vitamin "a" is one of those antioxidants that will help protect your skin from different types of free radical damage, for example. >> oh, ok. that's a big one. >> artichokes are so good for helping with premature aging of skin, and the reason is they're packed with antioxidants and "b" vitamins. so they're also going to be a good, healthy skin booster. >> ok. so next up--still in the produce section--we're going to be talking about avocados. what do we like about avocados for our skin? >> well, we like avocados because of the lutein that you're going to find in there. and so, we think of lutein as another one of those skin nutrients. >> oh, ok. >> and a neat thing about avocado is not only is it good for internally, but if you have, you know, blotchy skin or kind of irritated skin, it's very good for calming. so you can also apply it it onto your face. >> really? so it's tophcal, too? >> it's topical, too. >> yeah. this is the wonder veggie right here, bas

the best produce, and there's nobody better to tell us about that than my friend greg corrigan of raley's, vice-president of produce and floral here. so first of all, tomatoes. how do you pk the best tomato? >> well, tomatoes here, one of our best sellers is the tomato on the vine, as you're seeing right here. so they're grown actually indoors, so most of the time, all you gotta look for is make sure there's no blemishes, no cuts, no scars. but generally they're consistent, good tomatoes. >> ok. >> and one thing that's commonly misunderstood is people tend to put tomatoes in the refrigerator. >> yeah, i do that. that's not good? >> you don't want to do that. and actually, anything below 55 degrees causds them to break down. they get mealy. they actually lose their flavor. >> ohh. >> so you don't want to do that. and you want to keep them out on your counter. you notice this, as it's growing, the riper ones are towards the top where the plant grows. >> right. >> so those are the 2 tomatoes you want to use first. >> ok. >> so as you work through the week, you'll pick those 2 top ones first,

liberated people and believed in you, allowed you to succeed greatly, did not punish you for succeeding raley, did not take the fruits of your labor and give it to the government, to the sovereigns, for them to redistribute to the serfs, but allow you to succeed greatly, but just as importantly, allowed you to fail greatly, that with that, the world would change. and it did. now life expectancy has doubled what was 200 years ago. the poorest person today in terms of health and consumption is much better off than the richest person in america when america was founded. all because we believe in you. why do i say that? i believe we have a president who does not believe that anymore. he sees america as evil, greedy, corrupt, unfair, and that we need a group of people in washington to make it fair, to punish you people for your own desires. they want to take that well away and give it to people who are more deserving because they voted for him. that is this different view. that is a man in a party that runs around the world apologizing for america instead of saying how exceptional we are. one of t