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Theyre not in combat situation and dont get paid enough because you get combat pay and those seem to be valid points. >> i think there are some valid points. there are a lot of things the military needs to address to get at real equality. something like sexual assault. look at something the military still is grappling with, a cultural issue that weve got to do better at to take care of female service members and make sure theyre honored and then we need to find ways to promote capable women. >> ...

Theyre not in combat situation and dont get paid enough because you get combat pay and those seem to be valid points. >> i think there are some valid points. there are a lot of things the military needs to address to get at real equality. something like sexual assault. look at something the military still is grappling with, a cultural issue that weve got to do better at to take care of female service members and make sure theyre honored and then we need to find ways to promote capable women. >> ...

Man. were not saying hes too big to handle the responsibilities of nurses. >> sam, i think rlly the point is fair that there are physical differences, on average, between men and women in terms of size and strength and all that, and we have to recognize it. remember also, theres one other piece of this that is important, which is part of this is recognizing women who are ready in combat. >> right. >> with the ability to get combat pay, combat recognition, promotions, things like that. >> the wom...

Poorer people, in a matter you would imagine cartoon rich people talk about cartoon poorer people. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims, who believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. >> release the hounds. >> mitt nailed it. obama supporters are nothing but lazy parasites. get a job! get this. the 47% who dont pay federal income tax are mostly elderly, chil...

>> mitt nailed it. obama supporters are nothing but lazy parasites. get a job! get this. the 47% who dont pay federal income tax are mostly elderly, children and the working poor, and u.s. military personnel deployed in war zones who are exempt from paying federal taxes on combat pay. see. romney mentioned the troops in a speech. >> i bet there will be more of that -- more where that came from when "saturday night live" gets into it. for a questionable casting job. im talking about an ad from ...

That. there are people in bahrain who are allowed to bring their families with them on deployment and theyre getting combat pay. if youre allowed to bring your spouse and children, youre probably not in combat. i dont have a problem with -- >> if youre in a combat zone, are you taxed? >> thats the second part. when youre in a combat zone, you are not taxed and you get your whole paycheck. its, in fact, great because you feel how much youre being taxed when you are not in a combat zone. >> what t...

>> they risk their lives every day and for that, our government provides extra combat pay for troops on the front line. but there are two types of combat pay. theres hostile fire pay that provides $225 per month to troops in combat and then theres imminent danger pay that gives the same amount $225 to soldiers who are in places that are considered dangerous even if theyre not in the line of fire. >> i did not know that. but now, as part of the department of defense cuts, the pentagon is recommen...

He is one of several egyptian parliament members who met with the obama administration to discuss diplomatic relations this week. the problem, he is a member of the islamic egyptian group that the united states has designated a terrorist organization run by this guy. are you kidding me? >> the blind sheik. >> now serving a life sentence for planning the 1993 attack on the world trade center. he claims he had nothing to do with that attack or any other. nonetheless, this morning, there are questi...

Frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. to travel to three battleground states and go to three large college campuses on taxpayers money to try to make this a political issue is pathetic. his campaign ought to be reimbursing the treasury for the cost of this trip. >> sean: all right. joining me with the reaction to the campaigner in chiefs very busy week. the co-host of "the five," they deal with bob beckel every day of the week and they get combat pay. >> thats a good p...

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