>>> a deeply symbolic moment in the final month of a decade long war. they have control of camp victory u.s. headquarters outside of baghdad. the sprawling marble palace built by saddam hussein , the center of gravity in iraq for nearly nine years. the base once housed 6,000 military personnel and contractors. i'm joined by msnbc military analyst and general mccaffrey. thank you for your time. let me get your perspective on camp victory .
>> it's a turning point in the war. that victory complex captured by the third infantry division almost nine years ago. as you mention at the height of the war when we had 170,000 troops in iraq , there was as many as 30,000 plus military, maybe 20,000 civil yonc working in the giant base. it was bigger than fort bragg . it underscores by 31 december largely the war is over , we're out. we leave a strong diplomatic mission . hopefully the iraquis will hold this together.
>> there are currently 12,000 u.s. troops in iraq , five bases down from 170,000 at 500 bases, we saw 2007 . at the end of the year, they will all be gone. i'm going to play what the vice president had to say on his visit there. his sons returning from iraq . emotional words when talking with ann curry . let's play it.
>> so damn proud of you. i'm so incredibly proud of him and these kids. these kids -- they are not kids.
>> make of them are.
>> make of them are, but some of them are also considerably older. they are just -- i apologize. they are -- they are amazing.
>> of course, general, the vice president is not the only one who gets emotional when you think about the work done by our soldiers, the men and women over there. they are coming back home with great challenges, the unemployment rate with veterans, just getting acclimated back into their marriages, relationships, friendships is a long struggle ahead. so these milestones we see and that we mark are just the beginning for them in many ways of rebuilding their lives.
>> well, right. vice president biden is a wonderful man, a very compassionate man. we do need to remember, 36,000 killed and wounded u.s. casualties pulling that thing together. i think we leave, most of us are confident that that blood shed at least left the country without nuclear weapons, not at war with its neighbors and not trying to commit genocide against its own people. we'll see what happens. i think we leave having done the best we k it's probe appropriate. i'm glad the president pulled us out. the treaty was just i think a lucky break for us. it was time to leave. this was a good turning point in the war.
>> general mccaffrey, thank you very
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