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Actually been a highly decorated combat veteran from iraq. earned a bronze star in baghdad where he worked on eod. thats those explosive ordinance personnel. he was a combat engineer. and they were in charge of going out and finding ieds and saving lives. now, interestingly enough, there, at west point, he was charged with looking after the well-being and discipline of 125 cadets. that was his staff advisory job. and now he faces these four counts of actually secretly tape recording female cadet...

A whopping $800 billion. about 32,000 u.s. troops were wounded in the iraq war. an army combat engineer was one of them, suffered a severe head injury from the roadside blast. his path to recovery has been slow and difficult. a rehabilitation program in atlanta has helped him try to regain independence and connect again with his family. dr. san gr san jay gupta has the story. >> i had a feeling i would be injured in iraq the second time. >> reporter: sergeant deangelo vaun was injured in iraq in...

Right there. 03. >> right there, yeah, money. >> all stations be advised aircraft is cleared high. >> oliver: they fought side by side with the britts. >> here she comes. stand by. there she is. there is another one coming in. there is another one coming in five seconds. >> we took a fair amount of casualties in a short period of time. >> oliver: sergeant david lang from washington state worked as a marine combat engineer. >> and that really kind of opened our eyes to there is a huge threat here...

>> oliver: they fought side by side with the britts. >> here she comes. stand by. there she is. there is another one coming in. there is another one coming in five seconds. >> we took a fair amount of casualties in a short period of time. >> oliver: sergeant david lang from washington state worked as a marine combat engineer. >> and that really kind of opened our eyes to there is a huge threat here. >> i had two forward men wounded in one day. they were able to send up another corpsman from bast...

the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. its a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all...

this "american morning.". busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. >> it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. >> it was busy. >> but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. >> tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congre...

They think the virtual fence was working, was it working, cancellation of it was a good idea or bad idea? how do you come down on it. >> it was a great idea to cancel it. its far past due. we knew not just two years ago, four years ago. it spans two administrations that they should have canceled this a longtime ago. now our taxpayers have footed a bill for over a billion dollars for a virtual fence that really hasnt benefitted us at all. and we need to get back to the basics, and im a combat eng...

Following wills journey. >> its been incredible to watch his progression all the way along. he no longer 18, 19. when we last saw will he had completed his basic training in missouri, but in order to become a combat engineer hes had to move on to more advanced training at ft. stewart, georgia. >> company. ready. begin. dont give up. dont quit. >> reporter: with basic training behind them, will and the other soldiers in his company are now starting advanced training to become combat engineers. >>...

Good-byes. >> all right, mclain, congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: he cant leave without thanking drill sergeant ricks. >> get outside and get in here, move! >> reporter: who pushed him and the others every step of the way. >> screaming at me, but, no, theyre just doing their job. >> you really get to see people transform and become soldiers. it does give you a lot of pride in what you do. >> dismissed. >> reporter: after 15 weeks, will mclain and the others leave as soldiers. wills ne...

>> hey. its hard enough being a teen-ager, but for thousands of girls here in california whose mom or dad are called up to fight in the global war on terror, the stress can be overwhelming. for the most part, theyre left to cope with feelings of depression and loneliness on their own. this conference is out to change that, at least for military daughters and they kicked things off last night in high style with a very fun purple carpet dinner. 100 teen-agers from across the state have come togeth...