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It done without withdrawing authority from a commander. >> well, theres no doubt that were going to be tracking this issue. it is completely important that we do what we can to make sure its being addressed. thank you, colonel jack jacobs and captain lory manning. >> youre welcome. you may have heard about drug courts the treatment program that non-violent drug offenders use. have you ever heard of veterans court? ari joins us to help shed light on these special court next on "taking the hill....

Obama of not having passion for the war -- and i find it very disturbing that bob gates, who was a key element in the debate on afghanistan, the biggest strategy review that this white house had since vietnam, is revealing significant portions of other parts of that debate. that was one of the most controversial and complicated decisions for president obama. and hes revealing all right now. that debate needed to be a debate. it needed to be broad based. he should be embracing that. and hes criti...

Afghanistan. but the other thing is, in 2009, a year-long process that culminated in the presidents speech, describing his afghanistan policy in december of 2009, and in fact, the president following precisely the policy that he outlined in 2009, which had a surge in troops for a limited period of time. the military didnt like that. >> it was the time limit that they didnt like. >> the reason for that was very simple. in the assessment of the administration coming into office in 2009, we underst...

I want to bring in colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient. and evan coleman is here, as well. a terrorism analyst. let me start with where richard just left off there where we talk about options right now on the ground in fallujah, in ramadi. colonel jack, what are we left to do? >> nothing. were not going to get involved there. richard is right, we left on purpose and were not going back. the one thing that matt big difference when we were there in addition to the large number of america...

They have gained from tex appearance. but we are one teem team. we need to pass it on to the civilians who deal with with veterans all the time. >> what advice would you give to civilians? >> hire veterans. i get confused when organizations say we must hire veterans as if it is charity. its not. these are the best people you can find. they are young people with authority and responsibility well in advance of their age. you cant find anybody better or more experienced. >> colonel jack thank you v...

International community was comfortable with, would reshape the intermiddle east. >> does this push president obamas ---el well, let me put it this way. is the president -- in your opinion, going to be bound on six months? would he really do something if the iranians dont live up to this? >> i think hes going to hold them to this deal. the relief theyre getting from the obama administration is time limited. and they are going to try to get them to come to the table during that time. the possibil...

First phase. iran can can keep its centrifuges, but new centrifuges cannot be installed. and those not currently operating cannot be started up. folks, this amounts to some significant concessions by the iranians. why did they do the deal? in return, the united states has agreed to provide 6 to $7 billion in sanction relief. this is like hitting the pause button on irans nuclear program while we take time to arrive at a more comprehensive agreement. we still have a ways to go. so lets be clear h...

[ applause ] >> the president and first lady escorting william swenson out of the east room after he was awarded the medal of honor. hes 34 years old and risked his own life to save fellow troops, both u.s. and afghan fighters who were there that day in september. five americans, ten afghan troops killed as well as the interpreter in the battle in 2009. colonel jack, ive been with you now -- im lucky to be here with you on several occasions where we watch this honor. but you look at wills face t...

Colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and nbc analyst and also the chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan receipt veterans of america. all of these ceremonies are powerful. this one especially because we have video of what happened that day real time, what this army captain swenson was doing to save others. >> we just saw the back end of it. we just saw the landing zone. we didnt see what took place forward of this where closer to the village which was raked with continuous fire. ...

>> all right, colonel jack, also stand by for us, sir, as d.c. police and as fbi and number of federal and local law enforcement agencies continue to scour d.c. proper and the surrounding area looking for any additional information, talking to as pete pointed out, hundreds of possible folks who might have some sort of relationship to the gunman as that happens, were also starting to hear from people who were inside that building this morning when shots rang out. >> i ended up on the back side of...