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Class kotel at cen centcom. . >> reporter: he was charged with having pornography on his computer. the manipulation of the central intelligence reports and the crackdown on a whistle blower. >> somebody who is being a patriot trying to raise serious issues. now hes being retaliated against. >> we are supposed to do the right thing and the command is supposed to support that no matter what. but in this command climate you do the right thing and you will pay the piper. >> i paid the piper and i wi...

But in this command climate, you do the right thing and youre going to pay the piper. right now i paid the piper and im going to continue to pay the piper. >> the military says it wont comment on the case, due to privacy concerns, but sergeant coatle was interviewed by the inspector general this week. there are two congressional committees looking into his claims, brett? >> adam. thank you. no grapevine tonight, when we come back, kentucky senator and republican presidential candidate rand pau...

Work each day, but was not permitted to get out of his car. he was assigned to cleaning and trash duty. >> it was a violation of the rules and in now 39 years or 29 years of practicing, military justice. i have yet to see the treatment that was afforded sergeant first class coatle down at centcom, it was horrific. >> coatle was court-martialed last year in what he says were fabricated charges, the most serious, pornography on his computer. he was acquitted on four, one dismiss and he received an...

Certain activities. if we want to really take an analysis, its how the commander, the commander in chief establishes the climate whereby his subordinates execute orders given to them. so i think we need to go to the very top to find out the command climate that was set by the president and the vice president, and to assist the agents who carried that out, among them the cia, to address what happened and to move on. >> and when you talk about potential other actors involved, of course theres been...

Right now thats not happening for far too many of our veterans. >> now you have the news that shinseke is gone but that doesnt fix the problem. now i think if command climate and atmosphere. we need someone who can be aggressive. who can change the face of the va. we have also got to rip this bureaucracy apart. the senate has got to pass that and we need system wide performance. washington needs to get its act together and start moving things

American legion has called explicitly for general shinseki to be fired, for him to resign over the failure to fix these problems. as far as i know, iava hasnt said that organizationally yet. it sounds like you just got kind of close. what are your personal feelings on that and where does iava come down on that? how important is he individually? >> hes very important. he sets the tone, sets the command climate. he has to be the advocate in chief on behalf of our veterans. theres an old saying tha...

American legion has called explicitly for general shinseki to be fired, for him to resign over the failure to fix these problems. as far as i know, iava hasnt said that organizationally yet. it sounds like you just got kind of close. what are your personal feelings on that and where does iava come down on that? how important is he individually? >> hes very important. he sets the tone, sets the command climate. he has to be the advocate in chief on behalf of our veterans. theres an old saying tha...

>> i think so. i wouldnt go so far as saying conceal and carry for everyone on post for reasons, having served in command climate, maintaining discipline. that may not be what you need. but more officers carrying on a regular basis on a concerted rotation. everywhere you go where everyone knows everyone is not armed that makes everyone more vulnerable. in this particular case hadç someone been carrying at this particular facility maybe someone would have been stopped. most americans dont reali...

Taking that one step forward. what that means sue have to validate every piece of that information coming in before you act upon it. to toms very point hes absolutely spot on. initial assessment is what were hearing right now is provided as a spot report. theres significant work that needs done and we have to validate every piece of that >> youre hearing from fort hood themselves and base communication is tough and given the size were talking about 50,000 plus people. >> the concerns of the fami...

Senator mccaskills work, advocacy and dedication. i also will be supporting her amendment today because i think the provisions in that amendment will add even more positive changes to the command climate and will help victims feel like they have a stronger voice. >> still not clear exactly when there will be a vote on that amendment, but -- or on the bill but we do expect it this week. thats going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." thomas roberts is up next. the agenda next hour, presiden...