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Her recent biography details how she was rapeed by her captors. in a statement today she said she supported the change. >> listen, there is a big difference between being in harms way, women are ambushed as part of units. they receive mortars and they have i.a.d. attacks. being in direct combat operation day in and day out is different than being in harms way. >> the military service chiefs have until may 15 to make their case to the defense secretary about which jobs if any should still exclude...

Mandate is unconstitutional and the individual mandate violates the right to freedom of religion. the school argues both issues were not addressed when it was upheld in june. a new report says the united states has given up on a peace deal with the taliban. a member of the coalition telling the times a new goal will let africans work out the deal once coalition forces leave. the 2014 dead lane for combat operation weakens the chance for a deal. the race could determine which party controls the u...

Can build a better life with. >> one thing thats interesting that you mentioned to me is that even the smallest mission will require a lot of security. theyre handing out toys to kids and there are 40 to 50 guys out there watching them. >> exactly. especially as a journalist and tv producer, i was surrounded constantly. whenever we go outside the wire, theres an extraordinary amount of planning and talent and training that youre surrounded by. and, you know, theyre telling me where to go, what t...

Well, call it the long good-bye. today nato members are grappling with a plan to leave afghanistan and complete the most significant combat operation in its 62-year history. today were doing a deep dive into natos afghan mission. it began in 2001 as an effort to the secure the capital of kabul but was expanded two years later ultimately leading to operations across country. currently, nearly 130,000 troops from 50 nations, 5-0, are serving the afghan war zone. but for the most part, when we say ...

incidents. the photograph we just showed you was presumably snapped by an american soldier. a lot of american soldiers have been posting photographs, uploading videos to youtube. this was december of 2010. when you watch it with me, this is incredibly compelling. youre looking at these u.s. troops, fighting off an ambush. this guy has this camera on his helmet. this was shot by a member of the 10th mountain division. take a look. >> come on, boys, i need you. >> get down. >> again, mem...

Operations sometime next year and in washington, catherine herridge on efforts to broker a peace deal with the taliban by moving some of their leaders held at gitmo somewhere else. well begin with plans to wind down the combat operation. obviously the stories are not mutually exclusive. thats why we wanted to bring jennifer and catherine on together. jennifer, what are you hearing in the halls of pentagon? >> reporter: there is no good explanation from the pentagon why defense secretary leon pan...

a new front in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, nevada, which holds its caucuses this coming saturday. mitt romney is there along with newt gingrich and ron paul. instead of relishing his victory, a huge victory in the florida primary last night, romney and his team are now in full damage control mode after something romney said right here on cnn. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in las vegas with us. shes watching whats going on. whats going on...

Care about as far as its impact on our society. >> wes, you and i have talked about this an awful lot. we hear about cuts of the defense, we hope that doesnt go after benefits for our veterans. but we know that the governments not enough, we need organizations like this one to help take care of these guys. >> thats right. taking care of veterans is not a 2012 issue. taking care of veterans is something were going to deal with decades to come. weve had over 2 million people serve in iraq or afgha...

>> one thing im concerned about you talked about the president going to the department of defense in the pentagon. were not talking about a coherent national security strategy. what the president laid out is very dangerous and it really does show incompetence in understanding the national security strategy. he did not talk about how we go forward on the 21st century battlefield. the ability to engage, deter and strike the enemy when necessary. we cannot sit around and say we wont fight a second ...

>> one thing im concerned about you talked about the president going to the department of defense in the pentagon. were not talking about a coherent national security strategy. what the president laid out is very dangerous and it really does show incompetence in understanding the national security strategy. he did not talk about how we go forward on the 21st century battlefield. the ability to engage, deter and strike the enemy when necessary. we cannot sit around and say we wont fight a second ...