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Guy. but in retrospect, in history, what we ought to really recognize is that the combination of general schwartzko schwartzkopf, colin powell, the wonderful first president bush, all three of them were men who understood the limits of military power. and were cautious and actually didnt want to fight unless forced to and they did fight they used overwhelming force. schwartzkopfs contribution -- he was trying -- a lot of brilliant people. so-called jedi knights, bunch of army-navy marine air for...

Had gallant try above and beyond the call of duty at cost of his life as a rifle men in company b, 101st airborne decision in cambodia, may 10, 1970. on that day, the specialist and his platoon conducted a patrol and ambushed from all sides by a large enemy force. without hesitation, the specialist charged enemy position killing several enemy soldiers, and thereafter, he assaulted an enemy force and drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers, and forcing the enemy to retreat. in order to res...

May have been lost forever. >> reporter: listen to the widow. >> i was a senior in high school an was a year ahead of me. we planned our wedding for september 13, 1969. we had 30 days together and he left in november. and i never saw him again. >> reporter: the sniper story happened because they lost his fire. the real story much more compelling. a story of exceptional heroism. he and his platoon for ambushed by an enemy force. he charged the enemy position. he then drew fire away from his comra...

find out what went down inside the courtroom just a short time ago. former vermont governor and presidential candidate howard dean takes a hit during a radio interview in montreal. and when we say hit, we mean hit literally. listen. >> discussing geographic boundaries and talking about drawing lines -- there was a car, sorry. im going to have to go. >> what happened? >> we just got hit by a car. >> are you okay? >> yeah, everybody is fine. >> talk about breaking news. howard dean did c...

Because he was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by a detroit crowd at the inaugural stage show. most of the audience said the actor just wasnt very funny. that is never a good feeling. those are the top stories right now, shannon. back to you. >> shannon: peter am i wrong that charlie sheen is kind of your boy? >> we are still talking about him so he is still winning. >> shannon: still winning a media war. maybe ticket refunds coming. thanks peter. on the international scene, two american...

What we destroy or degrade the capability of regime forces, certainly were doing that and there is some benefit to the opposition. but we do not operate in direct support of the opposition forces. >> can you explain that to me? >> i can only imagine what general hamm is going through and particularly his tactical commanders. they try to square that circle. and at what point are gadhafi forces representing a clear and present danger to civilians as opposed to opposed enemy force from the oppositi...

And at what point are gadhafi forces representing a clear and present danger to civilians as opposed to opposed enemy force from the opposition? it must be very difficult right now to apply the rules of engagement in the way that general hamm suggested. and as stephen and i are saying, in for a penny, in for a pound. this isnt over until gadhafi is gone. we need to square up our means with our objectives. >> i think the way the administration is trying to do that is this -- they are trying parti...

Force, if you will. its sort of appropriate when were talking about ncaa college basketball and the big dance and the final four. this is sort of the equivalent of a division 3 college basketball team or maybe even a high school basketball team taking on the miami heat or the los angeles lakers. its that kind of discrepancy were talking about. but you know what? if you have an air defense system, surface-to-air missiles, stringers, you can still get lucky when you shoot down an american plane. >...

We acknowledge that mistakes were made and they werent comfortable parents, even parent with military experience second guessing what happened on the battlefield. in the valley of eastern afghanistan in 2007, the soldiers of chosen companies suffered serious casualties defending isolated outposts. >> they were sitting ducks. >> reporter: they were nearing the end of their 15-month deployment when intelligence reports indicated a huge enemy force was massing. army commanders decided to close the ...

Suffered serious casualties defending isolated outposts. >> they were sitting ducks. >> reporter: they were nearing the end of their 15-month deployment when intelligence reports indicate a huge enemy force was massive. army commanders decided to close the increasingly unstable combat base. >> it was a terrible spot, everyone knew it was a terrible spot to put a base. >> his words were its a suicide mission. >> reporter: four days into the mission to set up winot at 4:00 in the morning, the atta...