After nearly nine years, 45-hundred Americans dead, 32-thousand wounded and more than 800-billion dollars -- the U-S will send its troops home.
In Baghdad, there was a symbolic ceremony today during which the U-S Forces-Iraq flag was
officially retired.
The U-S military lowered the flag and wrapped it in camouflage, formally ``casing'' it, according to Army tradition.
U-S Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says troops leaving Iraq that they should be proud of their
service.
