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Decade. How has that changed the military . How has it changed how wars will be fought . It changed it pretty dramatically, the military. I entered in 72 and outlined in my story i had a sort of Forrest Gumplike experience. Much of that culminated after 9 11. Many changes has begun before but after 9 11 we got it in perspective. And then we were forced to change again dramatically because the military we created had some good foundations, we had corrected many of the things that had eroded in vi...

Pat Tillman's mother on Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I told you so

And youre going to do it with a team of people, if you dont trust them at the outset, youre going to have to develop trust very quickly. >> and he never chose you in this case. do you think thats the issue? >> i think he was involved. i was chosen by secretary gates, and clearly approved by the president. so i wases his commander. i replaced general mckiran in june of 2010. i think, though, there are a number of things. i think people underestimate the difference between the cultures of the civi...

Like? >> well, i would certainly keep that private. between mary tillman and myself. but there were several conversations and they were very, very civil. >> and do you feel as if this -- do you feel we know the whole story on pat tillman? >> i dont know. there have been five investigations on pat tillman. i know that the part that i saw, the whole story is out and its very clear. and i never saw anything where anybody was trying to conduct any kind of cover-up. they were always trying to do the ...

Not have been involved in the coverup of a soldiers death. and i think its a slap in the face to all soldiers to appoint this man. >> we failed the family and i was a part of that and i apologize for it. >> late last night the white house issued a statement defending the appointment. it said that pat tillmans tragic death was mishandled but that general mcchrystal was found to have acted honorably. and now to a tragic twist in the story of that mom who drove her minivan into new yorks hudson r...

National forum. >> reporter: the pentagon inspector general recommended disciplinary action against mcchrystal, but the army ultimately cleared him for wrongdoing. mcchrystal, who declined to comment to abc news, has expressed general remorse. >> we failed the family. and i was a part of that. i apologize for it. >> is the president aware of the role that general mcchrystal played in the cover-up of pat tillmans death? >> hes aware, very aware, having worked closely with general mcchrystal of th...

Were serious about stopping washingtons spending binge. >> while the bill was described as cutting more than $38 billion, the nonpartisan congressional budget office now says it would really cut just $352 million. now the real battle comes as president obama and house budget chairman paul ryan go toe to toe with dramatically different visions for government spending next year in 2012. >> were going to have to make some tough choices. and the sooner the better, because our children will have to m...

One defunding planned parenthood, the other stripping funding for the presidents landmark health care reform law. both were instantly rejected in the senate. but it gives you an idea of just how deep the differences between the parties are. mike and peggy? >> all right. and sarah palin will be in wisconsin tomorrow to speak at a tea party rally at the state capital. take a look at the scene here. these are those huge protests over legislation that stripped most public workers in wisconsin of t...

Familys compound that was struck by u.s. bombers 25 years ago today. a human rights group is urging haitian authorities to prosecute former dictator baby doc duvalier. he returned to haiti in january after a 25-year exile. a haitian judge launched an investigation into his brutal regime but so far its gone nowhere. yesterday human rights watch released a report that they say shows baby doc knew of the killing and the abuse during his watch. now to washington, where that hard-fought budget bi...

General stanley mcchrystal, one of the last people this military mom would pick. >> someone who has a heartfelt desire to help families would not have been involved in the cover-up of a soldiers death. its a slap in the face to all soldiers to appoint this man. >> pat tillman! >> reporter: marys son pat left behind an multimillion-dollar contract with the nfl to enlist as an army ranger in 2002. two years later corporal tillman was killed in afghanistan. within a day or so, general mcchrystal, t...