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Also, their governing structure. their internal command structure which is not exactly like an american military command structure, but is a lot more organized and accountable than what the americans had seen in afghan security forces before. >> very quickly. the pakistani governments decision to help us capture the taliban commander and obviously, hes in some sort of joint custody now. the u.s. government wont say whether its pakistani custody or cia custody. why now, im told baradar is not the...

Differently than you have to do now? >> absolutely not. in fact, the easiest thing to do here is to tell the military, let gays serve openly. the hardest thing to do is let congress pass legislation repealing the law. what our command structure says, goes. so our troops are going to listen to the commanders. we have the strictest guidelines in regards to what we call heterosexual relationships. an officer cannot be involved physically, intimately in any way with a noncommissioned officer. these ...

Wolf, as hes been described, have that kind of intelligence or does this terrorist organization work giving piece meal to different people? >> he probably doesnt have specific credible information about plots per se but what he can do is provide context. he can talk about individuals he met. he can talk about how the command structure worked in yemen while he was being trained. all of that is very valuable information. and give the fbi credit here, tamron. they did a fantastic job in identifying...

Barracks, for example, close quarters? is there anything you have to do differently than you have to do now? >> absolutely not. in fact, the easiest thing to do here is to tell the military, let gays serve openly. the hardest thing to do is let congress pass legislation repealing the law. what our command structure says, goes. so our troops are going to listen to the commanders. we have the strictest guidelines in regards to what we call heterosexual relationships. an officer cannot be involved ...

Discipline? i wasnt in the military, i was in the peace corps. i assumed we had gay people in the peace corps. didnt operate in as intimate an environment as the military. but let me ask you this. is there anything you have to do to change the way the disciplinary works once you have gay soldiers in the same barracks, close quarters? is there anything you have to do differently than you have to do now? >> absolutely not. in fact, the easiest thing to do here is to tell the military, let gays ser...

Your website are the stories of some of the people who have been kicked out. why did you do that and how does that work? >> its not my website, its dadtstoryproject.com. and we have about 12 stories highlighted of individuals, about what happened to them and how this policy affected them. for me, it all started when lieutenant dan choi came to me and told me about his personal story. this is a man who has accomplished so much in our military, one of our greatest heroes. and he talked about how h...

Some of the people who have been kicked out. why did you do that and how does that work? >> its not my website, its dadtstoryproject.com. and we have about 12 stories highlighted of individuals, about what happened to them and how this policy affected them. for me, it all started when lieutenant dan choi came to me and told me about his personal story. this is a man who has accomplished so much in our military, one of our greatest heroes. and he talked about how he was being asked to lie every d...

Concrete, with a sign around it telling people to be careful. just over six weeks into the war, vladimir putin has appointment a single general to oversee the military operation in ukraine — which until now appears not to have had a unified command structure. general alexander dvornikov, whos 60, comes with the unenviable nickname "the butcher of syria." he led russian operations to shore up president assad during the civil war there — leading to accusations that civilian areas where deliber...

Military, to continue his war crimes, and to the west, out defiance, why have you made that assessment?— assessment? you set it up very nicel b assessment? you set it up very nicely by giving _ assessment? you set it up very nicely by giving the _ assessment? you set it up very nicely by giving the background j assessment? you set it up very i nicely by giving the background of the general and he began as a junior officer in chechnya and this was a brutal campaign conducted by the russians sov...

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