Coming up ...EXCLUSIVE: Gen. Ray Odierno and Gen. Peter Chiarelli

August 6, 2010— -- Two top generals come to "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" to discuss the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq and caring for those troops when they return.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq speaks to Christiane from the frontline. General Ray Odierno says the drawdown ordered by the president is on track to meet the goal of 50,000 troops there by September 1. But what are the risks? Will sectarian violence return without a larger U.S. presence? And when will Iraq recover from seven years of war? Gen. Ray Odierno in Iraq – a "This Week" exclusive.

Then, the general in charge of the U.S. Army's efforts to reduce the epidemic of suicide among U.S. soldiers, General Peter Chiarelli. With the suicide rate for soldiers passing the rate for civilian suicide, the Army is wrestling with difficulty choices to maintain the psychological health of soldiers facing multiple deployments in two wars. What can be done to help soldiers heal from the unseen injuries of battle stress? Is the Army doing enough? And are our forces stretched beyond the breaking point. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, only on "This Week."

Plus on our roundtable, George Packer of the New Yorker discusses his piece this week in the magazine on the broken Senate and Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, Politico's John Harris and Washington Post columnist and former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson debate the week in politics: California's gay marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional by a federal court; Republicans push to change the constitution to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants; and Elena Kagan is confirmed by the Senate in a highly partisan vote. That, and the rest of the week's politics, Sunday on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."

You won't want to miss it.