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Home from serving in that war. lack of respect and appreciation shown to vietnam veterans by civilians during the war and after that war is a mistake that the country i think now is fairly unified in trying not to repeat. but vietnam is not so far in the past, though, that you can just fix that problem by promising never to do it again and by promising to do it better the next time. weve got long and unpopular wars under way like we do now. its also a contemporaneous sign of respect for vietnam ...

>> well, its always worthwhile to have somebody whos been at the lowest level of abstraction, have that person at the highest level of abstraction at the top of the food chain because he has an appreciation of what its like at the bottom. except that in the case of the defense secretary, he is not making the kinds of decisions that really have an impact on the lowest level, the bottom of the food chain. having said all that, this would be the first person to serve as an enlisted man in war to be...

Enemies are in a broad context. general scales, senator kerry and senator hagel, both vets and supporters of the military and critics of the military as well. how do you have the two vets in high positions potentially? what would that mean? >> thats a great question. first of all i tend to support the person over the policy. i testified before senator hagels committee in 2007 over the surge and i talked with him at length after my testimony. i will tell you this. one thing that struck me about h...

Time for christmas. they are thanking fox news and lawmakers who put the story on fox news. dominic, can you tell us where john and dad are right now. >> driving through texas and arriving the miami home sometime on christmas eve. his dad was there to meet him in brownsville and john can only travel by car. hes fighting a nasty bug and recovering from ptsb which he suffered from a recent combat experience . the viewers already one florida congresswoman who prompted washington to act. with the he...

As they drive to florida, and, a big worry, considering he has ptsd from combat experience in iraq and his lawyer, however, saying being with his family, his dad driving him, is helping. >> hes already gone, driving carefully with his dad, and enjoying relaxation, finally. what happened is, jon wasnt in a condition to be taking pictures, im sure we understand that. >> reporter: and, hes sleeping in the car, trying to get over the bug he has and, relief from being released at long last and, that ...

Looking like he was going to languish there for many more months. mexican authorities released home friday. he is driving across the country to his home in florida. they are expected to arrive christmas eve. he spent the night in brownville texas across the border where he was being held. during his detention he received threats from drug cartel members. his mother described to fox news that john was really sick at the moment with a cuff and may need medical attention. john has been a worry, he ...

Eve in time for the holidays. good news for the family and 48 hours ago, things looked very different, like jon would be spending many more months in his cell as the mexican authorities were taking a strict stand against his case, and, he spent the night in texas and they released him, just across the border, where he was being held during those terrible living conditions, surrounded by violent drug cartel members and jons mother said he picked up a bad bug in jail and is pretty sick with that. ...

Comes in, the reality isnt matching the policy. so women are not getting opportunities to do all the same training that the units supporting are doing when they go to afghanistan. and then afterwards theyre not recognized for the contribution theyve made. so whether thats a question getting equal access to veteran benefits or promotion opportunities that -- for jobs that would require combat experience, women arent getting the recognition there and it means that the best people arent being selec...

According to the aclu attorney these regulations are, quote, outdated assumptions assumptions and stereo types about the men and women. the wars in iraq and afghanistan have pushed females to the front lines, but unlike dudes, they are not getting their due, notes the attorney. it is preventing them from getting the proper training and recognition and from using this combat experience to advance when is in the military. for more lets go live to the "red eye" senior correspondent. grant? >> have ...

Talk of c 130 gun ships and whether we should have used fighter jets to intervene is a lot of talk from generals and others with no combat experience about what we could have or should have done to rescue our people in libya. joining me from washington is the man i trust absolutely to tell us realistically about what was possible. he is the retired four star who served as our vice chief of staff general jack keen joins us. general keen thank you for being here. i have been covering wars for 40 y...