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Not the private in question. he in fact is a captain. some of the stuff we just absorb even if were civilians, we just absorb it through the news and movies and culture. it is worth appreciating though one important distinction about personnel in the u.s. army that we civilians i think dont always get. it took me awhile to learn it. there are two separate career paths in the u.s. army. this shows the officer career path for commissioned officers through officer candidate school or rotc or the se...

Enlisted soldier from fort carson to die in the wars in iraq or afghanistan. the defense department is not saying this officially but based on our review of high profile casualties in both the wars in iraq and afghanistan, we think that command sergeant major xwrif griffin may be among the most senior u.s. service members killed in either war, period. major thomas kennedy and air force major walter gray were also killed in that same attack along with a state department official. of that attack a...

special forces operators and meeting with local officials when the gunman opened fire. it is not the only time that week that supposedly a friendly killed a number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and stay there. we will be live from the pentagon in a moment. >> and syrian rebels say they are fighting in new neighborhoods and new tactics in aleppo, and this is following what the rebels call a tactical stronghold by rebels, and they were forced by jets and helicopters and tanks. the opposi...

times even funny. were going to play part of it throughout the hour. admiral william mccraven may not be a household name, but as youre about to see, hes a genuine u.s. hero. we always think of, in recent years, of course, at least in the past year, with admiral m mccraven, as the orchestrater, the architect of the raid that killed osama bin laden. and you know, weve all read a lot about it. i know peter bergen is here, hes written a whole book about it, an excellent book about it. but...

negative information about facebook before the stock offering. it is a nerve racking waiting game for former presidential candidate john edwards. jurors are half way through their fourth day of deliberation. still no verdict. edwards is accused of using almost $1 million in campaign donations to keep his pregnant mistress hidden. in pakistan the man who helped track down osama bin laden is sentenced to prison today. he had been on trial for the past two months and under tribal law ...

Cut they is not warrantsed, lifting her suspension. king is asking for a congressional investigation and the military to give her back the six months under suspension. as it stands her job here is scheduled to end on thursday. her attorney says legal action will be taken. >> she has a lot of work ahead of her to repair what has been a totally unjustifiable assault to her reputation. >> the controversy landed king back on the front page, raising questions about motive. she cites gender bias, race...

Lit the empire state building. were going to join forces make sure that this happens for our military. >> a command sergeant major in the marine corps, the highest rank of noncommissioned officers in the marine corps. hes responsible for thousands of marines in afghanistan, and he comes home and he has an autistic child. i said to the group, i said you know, hes responsible for our children. and our young people that he has under his command. and who is responsible for taking care of his little ...

Military alert that crossed 30 minutes ago. geraldo? >> harris, that is scary stuff. please by all means interrupt me if you get further substantial information. by christmas approaching and hanukkah these people worked long and hard heading home the coverage of the momentous event bringing you back to the human story. i want to go back to command sergeant major kelly. you got your men and women going home. do you worrisome of them will be at some point leaving the service as they wont have a jo...

>> south korean military has military alert that crossed 30 minutes ago. geraldo? >> harris, that is scary stuff. please by all means interrupt me if you get further substantial information. by christmas approaching and hanukkah these people worked long and hard heading home the coverage of the momentous event bringing you back to the human story. i want to go back to command sergeant major kelly. you got your men and women going home. do you worrisome of them will be at some point leaving the s...

E >> today is the day we pause during our holiday weekend celebration to remember the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the united states military. this year we have more to be thankful for than most with the death of the terror mastermind osama bin laden still the fight goes on particularly in afghanistan where more than 100,000 of our brave soldiers, sailors marines and airmen continue to fight. it is from afghanistan that we are very pleased to welcome the highest ranking...