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Dinner and otherwise enjoy herself is in washington. i hope she and the family will do that after this very touching ceremony. vernon baker was an orphan, and grew up in father flanagans boys town and grew up in a segregated america. he volunteered for the military even though he wasnt eligible as an african-american to serve and was in the first segregated combat unit to see duty in world war ii. so its a very appropriate that we recognize his sacrifice and his leadership in helping us put disc...

66, surpassing last months record of 60 u.s. troops killed. joining me live from kabul, afghanistan, nbc jim maceda. can you explain what the situation is like on the ground? >> reporter: hi, there, nice to be out of inbed and talking with you. as tragic as 66 deaths come in the month of youll, this should come as no surprise. u.s. commanders have been warning for months that as they fought through the summer offensive, that it would be a tough fight and that there would be more casualties. we d...

More violence targeting troops in afghanistan. three soldiers died in three separate attacks including one american. yesterday another american helicopter -- excuse me, american soldier died in a blast in the southern part of the country. the latest violence comes as sols hillary clinton heads for afghanistan. shes taking part in an international conference in kabul to talk about the many problems facing the country. the u.s. military bars women from a combat unit. a congresswoman wants to cha...

Tours in iraq and one in afghanistan. hed like to see this policy stand as is. eric massa is a naval academy graduate and retired navy commander. he thinks dont ask, dont tell should go away. he served during several global conflicts and was even the special assistant to the supreme allied commander of nato. gentlemen, good to see you both. >> good to be with you. >> good morning. >> congressman hunter, lets start with you. when you were in the military, and i know you have plenty of combat expe...

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Interest in moving to infantry , artillery or any other special combat specialty. that will soon be available to them. the armys chief of staff is not surprised telling the ap, the issue will be the propensity of women who want to do these things. i dont think it will be as great as people think. i believe we have a video of one of the few women who is interested in joining a combat unit. ♪ >> i love the singing. with all of this fighting on whether women should be on the front lines and men a...

Congressman asked mr. kerry, is there al qaeda, people say they have gotten stronger. he said, no, i say officially they arent there. the main combat unit, al-nusra, is a unit of al qaeda. they know about this. this is not pleasant for me to see this. while we communicate them and assume they are decent people he lies openly and knows that he lies. this is sad. bill: chief white who is correspondent ed henry on the north lawn starts our coverage. you wonder how comfortable whether it will be for...

Found in the ladies room. >> reporter: that altitude was not just in movies like "top gun, pentagon brass argued male bonding was critical. >> if you want to make a combat unit ineffective, assign some women to it. >> reporter: but like it or not, they were ordered to change. since then, she has logged 2,700 hours. 300 in combat over iraq and afghanistan. dropping bombs on enemy targets and avoiding enemy fire. leavitt now trains others for combat, commanding a 5,000-person fighter wing. this da...

Falling into the hands of the opposition. wolf? >> and you just tweeted this. anti-gadhafi general reveals plan to take control of west. quote, well unite the people, form a combat unit and lib rat it, god willing. go ahead and elaborate on this tweet. >> well, maybe the tweet doesnt include a tongue in cheek. i asked this general, and he sort of came just right off of his tongue, and it didnt sound like really he had much of a plan beyond the words itself, and that in fact seems to be the case ...

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