'The Embed War'

" Veterans day this week Americans across our nation honoring those who served in our troops around the world still in uniform and in harm's way. And where our troops go so do reporters taking risks to bring the stories home some recognizable faces some not so famous. These days Fox News is reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan. Our own Melanie Wilkes as this from Baghdad."

" Tens of thousands of investors have spent years far from home in Iraq and Afghanistan. In both cases fighting the enemy while trying to train a new army supported new government. And engage citizens from culture so different from my own. Over the last four years I spent time in Iraq trying to cover the soldiers' stories. In 2006 and 2007. As Iraq suffered through hundreds of bombings and thousands of six. And destruction. Crucial for the world to seat but also crucial to see what was being done to stop them."

" At fox we made the decision to leave our Baghdad Bureau as much as possible to embed with the US troops and find out what they were doing firsthand. Many journalists will remember this as the -- war when the Pentagon embrace the idea. Of allowing reporters to live side by side with soldiers."

" We have faced some of the same dangers patrolling with US troops in Mosul when a suicide bomber struck. And writing in military convoy when a roadside bomb exploded. Killing an Iraqi farmer in eastern Baghdad. And that has allowed our crews to document soldiers daily emissions from the first news of the invasion and the -- of raids and patrols. And the less glamorous task of training in new Iraqi Army and tedious meetings with tribal leaders we've done everywhere with the troops into the -- This -- factory to a dusty -- market in the desert and to a combination. The -- of security was tight."

" The downsides to embedding reporters need to work even harder to stay objective when actually living with the soldiers there covering. Also staying at one base tends to give -- a snapshot of only one area."

" That's why it's important to talk with commanders to get a sense of the larger picture. And it's critical to hear from Iraqi citizens whose lives will be affected for years to come. Right choices between -- and -- in Baghdad news. And that's rap on you."