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Improvise can explosive device. >> he both of his legs and a left arm at the elbow. >> while his injuries were rendered life saving leg, he passed along vital information as his team continued the mission. by his galante training and devotion to duty, hes reflected great credit upon himself and the united states air force. >> valor is of the moment. but character is built over a lifeti lifetime. the events of the 23rd system last year can be described in valor and more a predictable outcome in c...

We needed to be totally committed to this cause, period. and you cant be part way. you cant do it part way. >> it was told over and over again that we were going to be -- everybody was going to be killed. >> suicide drills and beatings became as much a part of the temples internal life as social service was to its public face. devotion to jones had to be total. >> one of the very powerful things in the church was that you werent really allowed to express how you really felt. it was like, i would...

And she does it and she doesnt quit and shes getting stronger every day and she is my mirror row and my -- hero and inspiration. >> shes a hero for a lot of americans. as a father, fran, you became a hero of mine, although i dont think i ever expressed that to you. i saw you in the hospital room and i saw the concern and the anxiety, but the intense devotion and love. at first i really wanted to cry. but then i said no, this is an example of great strength. if hes not crying about the daughter t...

Different from waving a confederate flag outside the white house. and given his undying devotion to the lost cause, it is not surprising that when a letter circulated this summer demanding that john boehner use the threat of a government shutdown to support a bill to defund obama care, he signed on the dotted line. and thats how congressman paul broun of georgias 10th district became "one of the people who is running the country." on the night of his re-election, new jersey governor chris christ...

Committed to this cause, period. and you cant be part way. you cant do it part way. >> it was told over and over again that we were going to be -- everybody was going to be killed. >> suicide drills and beatings became as much a part of the temples internal life as social service was to its public face. devotion to jones had to be total. >> one of the very powerful things in the church was that you werent really allowed to express how you really felt. it was like, i would be there and i would lo...

>> i think there was a very strong-felt need on the part of the church fathers to put women into their place. so by dividing women into madonnas and whores, they could either be all good or all evil. >> these two women wouldnt matter at all, were it not for their relationship to jesus. one as the mother of the son of god and the other, some scholars say, as the messiahs favorite apostle. today, the marys are taking on new identities. while traditional devotion to the virgin mary is experiencing ...

The shields of all of his warriors. >> constantine vowed to convert to christianity if he won the battle. and for centuries, his victory was seen as a turning point for christianity. but did constantine really convert to the faith his empire had tried to destroy? >> some historians have doubted whether constantine actually converted in the year 312, and its true that theres some evidence that he retained a devotion to some of the roman gods. even after allegedly converting, for example, he minte...

Madonnas and whores, they could either be all good or all evil. >> these two women wouldnt matter were it not for their relationship with god, one, as the favorite. the two were taking on original identities, while the devotion to the virgin mary is experiencing a reborn, there is also one who is not the icon so familiar to generations. >> the icon highlights the spiritual generation, but know that that icon is rooted in history, and it is the history of a poor woman in a violent situation who s...

Communism in russia. and the third, a prediction too terrible to reveal. then, in the year 2000, pope john paul revealed the secret. >> it was about a figure in white being wounded. it wasnt a precise prophecy of what happened to the pope in 1981 but it was kind of a vague picture that fitted that occasion and there was nothing very startling about it. and i am very glad they came out with that because that was a happy hunting ground for religious fanatics. ♪ >> but the pope was hardly alone i...

Image of the cross painted on the shields of all of his warriors. >> constantine vowed to convert to christianity if he won the battle. and for centuries, his victory was seen as a turning point for christianity. but did constantine really convert to the faith his empire had tried to destroy? >> some historians have doubted whether constantine actually converted in the year 312, and its true that theres some evidence that he retained a devotion to some of the roman gods. even after allegedly con...