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0 military women could be. it set that limit at 2%. oh, nice, guys. 2% of the enlisted force. thanks. cheers. by 1967, they realized that was stupid, and they got rid of the 2% limit, which came in handy seven years later when the country abolished the draft and we went to an all volunteer force. so recruiting everybody, including women, frankly recruiting anybody you could get became even more of a necessity. by the 1990s, any legal prohibition on what jobs exactly women could have in the milit...

0 serving is not the same as serving equally. there has been distinguished service by african-american soldiers in every american war all the way back to the revolutionary war on which they fought on both sides. and of course the civil war, and of course world war i, and every war we have had. when hawaii senator daniel inouye died several weeks ago, we remembered his service in world war ii as part of a segregated unit of japanese american servicemen. daniel inouyes medal of honor was also awar...

0 war ii, but not a single one of them went at the time to a black soldier. it was not until the mid-90s that the army commissioned a study to see if, really, no black soldiers deserved a medal of honor for that war? or to look into whether maybe the fact that they served in segregated units meant that they were just not considered for that medal, even though some of them deserved it. the army study found that there were seven african-american soldiers who were decorated for their service, but t...

Politics going forward. so those shout-outs, like youre mentioning here, ed, are actually extremely important to understanding how this coalition of voters will work, and also beginning the process of the democratic party has to do in terms of wrestling with the coalition they put together. >> okay. gentlemen, lets go live now to vice president joe biden delivering his remarks at the salute to heroes inaugural ball. here is the vice president. ♪ >> how you doing? well, good evening. [ cheering...

To the more perfect union we desire. president obama today accepted the charge for four more years. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think tonight. tonights question, will the presidents goals be achieved in his second term in office? text a for yes. text b for no, to 622639. you can always go to our blog at msnbc.com. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me is congressman keith ellison of minnesota, who is part of the congressional progressive caucus. congre...

Presidents goals be achieved in his second term in office? text a for yes. text b for no, to 622639. you can always go to our blog at msnbc.com. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me is congressman keith ellison of minnesota, who is part of the congressional progressive caucus. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> always great to be here, ed. >> we are made for this moment. what does that mean? >> it means that were up to the task at hand. and what is the task ...

0 sad, lets, lets stay together ♪ ♪ because im loving you every night, whether, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad, come on, say good, happy or sad ♪ woo! ♪ sad, lets stay together >> youre looking at live pictures of the commander in chief ball tonight. president and mrs. obama dancing first together and then with a member of the air force and a member of the marines, with a chest full of medals. to al green, as sung by jennifer hudson. im duty-bound to inform you that the firs...

0 it is a tradition that was started under president george w. bush. they have expand it this year to be larger than it has ever been. its essentially doubled in size. there are two official inaugural balls, two only in washington tonight. one of them is the commander in chief ball. and the other of them is the other official inaugural ball. thanks for being with us on what is kind of a big day in washington. you know the basics of what happened today. church service at st. johns house near the ...

0 we did not know it was coming, and it was not spoken into any microphone. so im just going to play this for you for a second. but notice its going to be a little weirder than usually expect on cable. there is no official sound here. so its going to be quiet for just a second. but just watch. watch the president. this is after he had just finished his inaugural address. there had been the poem and the benediction and the national anthem. and he and everybody else in the presidential inauguratio...

It is chilly but frankly bearable outside as the country prepares to celebrate the peaceful maintenance of power, the transferns of power from the first term administration of president barack obama to his second term administration. the president was officially sworn in by chief justice john roberts yesterday at the blue room at the white house as the first lady and the obama daughters looked on. but in the little less than two hours the president will affirm that oath before a much larger crow...