unusual cases involving the u.s. military. weave learned the 16 marines who were arrested were junior enlisted, ranging from private first class to corporals arrested at camp pendleton in california. charges range from human smuggling to drugs, agents from naval service surprised marines during a morning formation after roll call was taken. around 800 marines, at that time, they came to the area and they pulled the 16 marines out and they were arrested at that point. eight other marines were also taken in for questioning for their potential involvement in a separate drug smuggling ring. information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation uncovered two marine smuggling migrants into the u.s. over the southern border with mexico not far from
there s a perception that you don t want that mark on your record. hallie. and hans, what is the pentagon going to do from here? what is the department of veteran s affairs going to do from here? what kind of funding might be getting put into place to boost this, as groups that work on veteran s advocacy have been pushing for? suicide prevention and suicide health is something the department of veteran s affairs and dod does take seriously. they want to make sure the right message is sent to the troops from admirals down to corporals across the line and to make sure that those who need help feel comfortable enough raising their hand and asking for it, but when you look at veteran suicide, the average number that s generally quoted is 22. a lot of that has to do with former veterans from the vietnam era, not necessarily iraq and afghanistan, although there s an acknowledgment that it is a challenge. thank you both for bringing us this important story. we appreciate it. we re going
mutilate d bodies. you d go into a room and they called it the fatal funnel. get as many marines as you can to overwhelm your enemy sitting in this room. it was the 19 or 20-year-old corporals who got up every single day and walked through the doorways. u.s. military officials in iraq say they have won a major bat. the. the city of fallujah has been seized. the americans have captured 1,000 insurgents and killed more than 1200. they found no sign of alleged insurgent leader zarkawi. they no longer had that as a safe haven. the cost of telegraphing the moves was most of the leadership ahead of the north.
need to change it. they have the incentive to do so because we haven t followed the laws on the books. i hope that we can come to an agreement because that s the important thing, to do something legislatively. shannon: everybody agrees. listen, hhs is saying we can do more if you want us to. we are not equipped financially but if you want us to we are going to need more money. that requires congress. we will watch and wait. thank you both. thank you. shannon: the president paying tribute at arlington national cemetery to the nation s fallen heroes. but as jennifer griffin reports this memorial day arlington is facing a growing dilemma. they were generals and privates, captains and corporals of every race, color and of every creed. the president was joined by his cabinet secretaries and families of the fallen at arlington national cemetery to mark memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns.
fingers, the kids matter. what our lawmakers need to decide come if you are not going to enforce the law change the law. the recently have people coming in is they have the incentive to do so because we haven t followed the law on the books. i hope we can come to an agreement because that is important, to do something legislatively. we can do more if you want us to,, we are not equipped financially to do it but if you want us to we need more money. that requires congress. we watch and wait, thank you both. the pres. paying tribute at arlington national cemetery to s the nation s fallen heroes but as jennifer griffin reports this memorial day arlington is facing a growing dilemma. they were generals and privates, captains and corporals of every race, color and creed. the pres. was joined by his cabinet secretaries and families of the fallen at arlington national cemetery to mark memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns.