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Secretary lieutenant muellers courage, aggressive initiative to duty were instrumental in the defeat of the enemy force, and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the marine corps and the united states naval service. during a commencement address in may of last year robert mueller spoke about his service to vietnam and how it impacted his life. >> i do consider myself fortunate to have survived that tour in vietnam, and i learned a number of valuable lessons from that tour. and perhaps ...

In air strikes. he was standing upright, moving. he probably saved our hide. the battle atop and around mutters ridge raged for hours, with fire coming from the surrounding jungle. we got hit with an ambush, plain and simple. the brush was so thick, you had trouble hacking it with a mache machete. graf goes on to write, as the hours passed, the marines forced the north vietnamese to withdraw. his courage, aggressive initiative, and devotion to duty were instrumental in the defeat of the enemy fo...

Of anything else he might need. >> is there something that youve been asked to do on this trip? >> not yet. >> reporter: johnson was -- but the next morning after more than 24 hours away from their base, they were overrun by a larger enemy force. johnsons body wasnt recovered until more than 48 hours later. his death became a political lightning rod after his pregnant widow accused president trump of strg lg to remember her hiss fame during a call. mr. trump refuted that account tweeting trump h...

The negev another israeli air force squadron will act as a simulated enemy force. the biggest challenge here in israel is dealing with much smaller aspace than were used to in germany for even maneuvers or regular flight operations. and then there are different countries who operate differently than we are used to. flight from the not. for the one hundred twenty five german airmen accompanying their six year old fighters the training operation is a unique opportunity and an honor it has as much ...

Information owed to the families. >> with regard to being transparent, i think we owe the families and american people transparence in incidents like this. >> how should that work malcolm, given something you understand better than most of us, aspects of this that are sensitive even as they say they want to rule out what happened so people know? >> to a certain extent weve had problems with this issue before. transparence of the administration when a loved one, member of the armed forces died. r...

Fewer than ten special force rs we were there at the border. a smaller group stayed behind guarding vehicles. it was near dusk when an enemy force attacked the u.s. green berets. firing machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. took 30 minutes for french air support to arrive on scene. french helicopters evacuated the causalities and recovered the american dead, but sergeant david johnson was separated from the group during the attack. aircraft flying overhead picked up signal from cell phone,...

Delays, too many people seem more interested in what they perceive to be civil rights of those who killed innocent americans but we are going to persevere. the trials will go ahead and we owe it to those who died and their families and we also have to send a signal to the world we wont be intimidated by political correctness or islamist terrorism. >> shannon: how do you think were doing in the fight against terrorism moving forward, the threats bubbling out there constantly morphing and spreadin...

Boarding. sthal a fair summary of the conflict? >> yes, senator, i believe it is. >> there were people in the bush administration that did not want to go down the road that water boarding was torture. that was not the view of senator mccain or myself. at the end of the day the detainee treatment act codified how we treat enemy combatants in a time of war in terms of practices we can employ in terms of interrogation standards, is that correct? >> yes. >> it also tried to come up with a system of ...

Post-waterboarding. is that a fair summary of the conflict? >> yes, senator, i believe it is. >> there were people in the bush administration that did not want to go down the road that waterboarding was torture. that was not the view of senator mccain or myself. at the end of the day, the detainee treatment act codified how we treat enemy combatants at a time of war in terms of for practices we can employ in terms of interrogation standards. is that correct? >> yes. >> and it also tried to come ...

Member of the enemy force, there is no concept in military law or the law of war that you have to release them in an arbitrary date because that would make no sense. so, all i am saying is that i think youre on solid ground. and beside an american citizen being a combatant is the history of the law of war. and i am willing to work with my colleagues to make sure indefinite detention is reasonably applied and we can find due process rights that dont exist in traditional war because this is a war ...