Ten years after the US launched a "shock and awe" campaign toppling Saddam Hussein, the cost of the Iraq War is now estimated to be about $2 trillion -- but the region is far from stable. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)
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In the ten years since guided bombs brought "shock and awe" to Baghdad, almost 4,500 troops and 130,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed and Saddam Hussein has been captured and executed in a mission that has cost nearly $2 trillion. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (TODAY)
NBC News' Kerry Sanders and Mike Taibbi, along with Kimberly Dozier of the Associated Press, reflect on their experiences on the ground in Iraq 10 years ago. (msnbc)
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd takes a "deep dive," look at money spent on the Iraq war over the last ten years. The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran joins. (The Daily Rundown)
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., grills Secretary of Defense nominee Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., on his opposition to the 2007 troop surge in Iraq. (NBC News)
A former Army private in Iraq, Brendon Marrocco lost both his legs and arms to a roadside bomb, and became the military's first quadruple amputee to survive. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell discusses comments made in Chuck Hagel's memoir about the decision to go to war in Iraq and his past statement that a diplomat was "aggressively gay." (Meet the Press)
Dozens of people have been killed in Iraq following a series of attacks in cities right across the country. There have been more than 20 explosions mostly targeted at security forces, leaving many dead, as Annabel Roberts reports. (NBC News)
President Obama delivers a speech to troops at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas. The visit comes two years to the day after announcing the end of U.S. combat role in Iraq. (NBC News)
War veteran Joseph Worley talks about his helping canine, Benjamin. America's VetDogs trained the golden retriever specifically for Worley who lost a leg to an IED explosion in Iraq. TODAY.com's Dara Brown has the story. (TODAY)