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This is one All My Children rumor that's been confirmed:

Mario Van Peebles will be exiting the series this fall. We can only assume this means his character of Samuel Woods either hit the campaign trail hard, or will have won his Senate seat. We'd wager on the latter.

Despite the fate of Woods, his son will remain on the show. There are no plans for Sterling Suleiman, who plays Dre Woods, to go anywhere any time soon.

Colin Egglesfield recently spoke to Soap Opera Digest about the week ahead on All My Children.

"Zach notices, in the accounting, that some numbers are off," Egglesfield, pictured, said.

How far off? Try $20 million!. As a result, Zach goes after his brother-in-law.

"He's capable of anything," Egglesfield told the publication, not revealin how does Kendall will play into this mess.

Look for an All My Children rerun on Monday - but then these developments the rest of the week...

• Babe unknowingly lets the enemy into her home. Oops!

• Krystal (Bobbie Eakes, pictured) is sick of Kathy's antics and Tad's constant state of denial.

• Adam makes good on his end of the bargain with Pete.

• Zach aims for Josh.

How does newly axed The Young and the Restless star Vincent Irizarry feel about returning to All My Children?

Not too shabby, based on a recent quote he gave to Soap Opera Weekly.

“I’ve started to watch the show again, and my daughter looks different! It’s amazing what a year and a half will do. I’m excited [to be back]. Toward the end, [ex-head writer] Megan [McTavish] had lost her footing with the character, but for the better part of nine years, David was one of the best characters on daytime.”

ABC does not comment on contract negotiations. However, rumors are running rampant that All My Children might be saying goodbye to one of its favorite actresses.

Soap Central reports that insiders are saying the woman who plays Kendall Hart could be poised to exit the show in the upcoming months. Nothing has been decided at this time, as talks between Minshew and ABC executives are ongoing.

Regarding her future on the series, Minshew has simple said: "We're in the middle of negotiations. I'm in the process of figuring things out and trying to make things work."

Would it be a disaster if Alicia Minshew left All My Children?

Let's take a quick look into a few All My Children episodes for next week...

• Jake and Taylor get into a tense conversation over the war in Iraq.

• Erica (Susan Lucci, pictured) is horrified when she see Carmen kissing Jack.

• Annie confesses to Ryan.

• Aidan goes after Ryan.

Finally.

That's how most All My Children fans are reacting over the news that Zach lays down the law to Kendall about their marriage on the show next week.

"He takes her away to a beach house and confronts her," Thorsten Kaye told The New York Daily News. "Of course, she turns it around: 'You're the one who always walks away!' That's not true. Zach is just trying to be a family man. That's a new thing for him. But Kendall is all, 'Ryan this, Aidan that,' and that is not working for Zach."

Moreover, the more Kendall brings up her former lovers, the angrier Zach becomes.

"With Kendall, it's always what Ryan needs. Zach says, 'Well, what about what we need as a family?' It's not an ultimatum," Kaye said. "It's just getting to the point where he's going to have to say, 'If you need to be with all these other people, then maybe we have to take a harder look at you and me. Why do you have to be the one to fix all these people?'"

It's a good question. We're excited to see All My Children explore it.

All My Children has launched a casting search for a veteran of the Iraq War to join the series in a new role.

According to TV Guide, the show is hoping to cast the role of Brot, an injured veteran who plays the believed-dead love interest of Beth Ehlers' Lt. Taylor Thomas. That character came to Pine Valley to deliver service medals to Dr. Fankie Hubbard.

When Thomas finds out Brot is alive, the couple reunites, with flash backs reveals for each along the way.

Executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers said that casting a real-life veteran "will give this character an authentic and specific personal perspective, combined with a unique sensibility."

Carruthers also said the series will partner with USA Cares, an organization that supports 9/11 veterans and their families to "ensure that we tell this story honestly and accurately.” Sounds admirable to us.

This isn't the first time All My Children has incorporated a real-life military situation into the show. It had story lines in the 1970s that were focused on the Vietnam War.

No surprise here: it's gonna be an exciting week ahead on All My Children. Here's what fans can expect to see:

• Kathy is peeved at Krystal.

• Erica is jealous of Carmen's (Elizabeth Rodriguez) date with Jack.

• Kendall and Greenlee work together to get rid of Annie.

• Babe chooses to join JR's (Jacob Young, pictured) mission.

Vincent Irizarry - who recently wrapped up his stint as David Chow on The Young and the Restless - will return to the role of Dr. David Hayward on All My Children later this year.

The doctor (ex-lover of Erica and Krystal, father to Babe, and nemesis of numerous Pine Valley citizens) made his All My Children debut in 1998 and skipped town in November 2006 when the popular vetern was given his walking papers.