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Serving during the war. that was part of the environment there. its not like that at all so its not surprising that people, veterans returning from this war feel other worlds they dont belong. most people dont know anybody in uniform. its not surprising we have problems among veterans. >> in fact, because of a volunteer army, this war of all wars has really shown that the whole country is not engaged in it. its a very, very small percentage. colonel jack, thank you very much. >> youre very welco...

Is why an organization like the veterans administration in the 21st century is not yet digitized. thats a bigger problem. and it requires a little bit of investigation to find out why thats so and why the va cant talk at the moment cant talk to any of the other departments. >> you know, patrick, you just mentioned, i mean, this issue, 3%, and so, i mean, the research that ive done, a lot of it is, again, just this paperwork problem. there is just an overload of paperwork. but, so is the problem ...

Kerry said, no people should live in fear of their so-called leaders. >> take a listen. this is florida senator marco rubio. take a listen. >> there are plenty of weapons in syria. theyre coming from other countries and theyre being confiscated. what the opposition really needs is access to ammunition. >> colonel jack, how practical is it to provide limited military assistance. >> we get an ammunition for ak-47s and rpgs and all of the other weapons that the opposition has, and by the way, emoti...

47 past. breaking news and new video in from long island, new york where crews are busy rescuering drivers. theyve been stranded on snow-covered roads. nearly 150 cars were trapped or abandoned on the long island expressway. officials say the cars are hampering their efforts to clear the roadways as quickly as possible. several hundred snowplows are headed to that area right now. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." in this weeks office politics, congressional medal of honor recipient colo...

Joining me is jack jacobs and author of "basic surviving boot camp and basic training. colonel jack, we have sat across from each other on this. what do you know about this? is this just part of what we will see for some time? >> one we leave, bring the majority of troops home, we can expect to see more of this, im afraid. the last time this happened, the

It was motivated by fear of what a potential romney administration might do with these weapons in the fight against terrorism. and while the fear of a romney administration has passed, there is still plenty of thorny questions about this controversial program. lets bring in msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs and also michael ohanlon of the brookings institution. if i might grin with you, colonel jack, i want to play something that then candidate obama said in 2008. take a listen. >> if t...

But in the case of drones, how do we know whats going on if there isnt any kind of disclosure anyway? >> the disclosure, of course, is internal. all these things are discussed. there are gradations of intelligence. they have to have a high degree of confidence they have a high value target. the decisions are made at the highest possible level, so the buck doesnt go anywhere. its right there and its very important to remember that as we discuss what happens next, how the guidelines will be establ...

Them. we can kill them without necessarily having too much, not zero, but too much collateral damage, and weve all read our augustine and st. thomas aquinas and realize this is a just war so we can approve the use of these weapons. but its very, very dangerous to say that the choice is between doing something efficiently on the one hand and exposing americans to violence on the other. the president of the united states -- politicians for sure are always going to choose the path where americans d...

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To us? >> could have. probably would not have. because i think under those circumstances, general petraeus would have wised up and done something about it relatively early on. but dont forget, he was a relatively newbie, relatively new to the c.i.a., an outside guy. you dont bring a lot of your posse into the c.i.a. when you come in there probably not a lot of people who had the, who would have the guts or the access to go talk to him directly about something that they saw. >> colonel jack jacob...