so what we have on the ground in afghanistan, we have advisers, special operators. who else? who else might have been a target? those are the primary groups of force? likely it was a local force hosting local country forces there in afghanistan. again, that i do this all over the country, particularly in the south. it took place in southern afghanistan where taliban is present. there s a row bufts military presence helping them, much schaller than it was when the u.s. was in a direct combat role. so u.s. casualties are much more rare. this is the third combat death in 2018. as you see, u.s. force casualties have gone down, but you do see this where the u.s. is very much in harm s way. one of the things we don t do enough of is when we say advisers on the ground in afghanistan, what are they advising? what specifically are they doing in support of the afghan troops? there s a wide range of
jonathan dunbar of texas. he died in a roadside bomb blast. it happened in a part of syria thought to be cleared of isis. a british soldier was also attacked. the death is the first u.s. combat death in syria this year. he was a highly decorated soldier with many awards. israeli military warning it could take action against terrorist targets inside the gaza strip. at least 15 palestinians killed in the bloodiest day in gaza since the 2014 war. tensions are at a fever pitch as both sides brace from confrontation. tensions continue after yesterday s violence which is some of the worst in gaza in recent years. funerals were held on saturday for those killed in the violence thousands marching through the streets.
mueller now is intense but he s seen worse. you forget this is a man that in his early 20s fought in vietnam. i don t think there s anything in washington that s going to give him any type of fear that he faced when he was a young man. reporter: mueller grew up in the wealthy philadelphia suburbs and attended an s elite boarding school. a classmate of john kerry. then to princeton. but the combat death of a classmate in vietnam inspired mueller to join the marines. he was wounded in combat, shot through the leg, received a bronze star with valor, purple heart, and, you know, was right back in the fight a couple of weeks later. i always did consider myself fortunate to have lived through the war in vietnam, and there were many men such as david hackett who did not. in some sense, you feel that you have been give a second lease on life, and you want to make the most of it to contribute in some way. reporter: after graduating the university of virginia law school, mueller soon f
jonathan dunbar of texas. he died in a roadside bomb blast. it happened in a part of syria thought to be cleared of isis. a british soldier was also attacked. the death is the first u.s. combat death in syria this year. he was a highly decorated soldier with many awards. israeli military warning it could take action against terrorist targets inside the gaza strip. at least 15 palestinians killed in the bloodiest day in gaza since the 2014 war. tensions are at a fever pitch as both sides brace from confrontation. tensions continue after yesterday s violence which is some of the worst in gaza in recent years. funerals were held on saturday for those killed in the violence thousands marching through the streets.
boarding school. a classmate of john kerry. then to princeton. but the combat death of a classmate in vietnam inspired him to join the marines. he was wounded in some bat, shot through the leg, received a bronze star with valor. purple heart and was right back in the fight a couple of weeks later. consider myself fortunate to have lived through the war and there were many men such as david who did not. in some sense you feel like you ve been given a second lease on life and want to make the most of it to contribute in some way. after graduating university of virginia law school he soon found his way to the department of justice and remained there for most of the next four decades. my colleagues here at the department of justice. with two short breaks to give private practice a try. bob mueller has been notoriously inhappy every time he has tried to be in private