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Coming Home from the Iraq War

With American combat in Iraq now over, soldiers are coming home in unprecedented numbers. We look at what can happen after the happy returns. Also, Afghan President Karzai criticizes troop the withdrawal time-line, and the last day of Deepwater Horizon.

By Warren Olney • Aug 26, 2010 • 50m Listen

With American combat in Iraq now over, soldiers are coming home in unprecedented numbers. We look at what can happen after the happy returns. Also, Afghan President Karzai criticizes troop the withdrawal time-line. On Reporter's Notebook, why didn't the crew on the Deepwater Horizon realize something was going wrong in time to prevent an explosion that killed 11 men and released oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 86 days.

Banner image: Suffering from PTSD Robert Wake sits in his house August 10, 2009 in Malden, Missouri. Wake served in the Military Police in Iraq and saw brutal conditions during battles there, and eventually was seriously wounded by a mortar shell in Najaf.

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Coming Home from the Iraq War

With American combat in Iraq now over, soldiers are coming home in unprecedented numbers. We look at what can happen after the happy returns. Also, Afghan President Karzai criticizes troop the withdrawal time-line, and the last day of Deepwater Horizon.

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Coming Home from the Iraq War

With American combat in Iraq now over, soldiers are coming home in unprecedented numbers. We look at what can happen after the happy returns. Also, Afghan President Karzai criticizes troop the withdrawal time-line, and the last day of Deepwater Horizon.

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