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Eventually about 2,500 troops on the ground and be involved in ground combat in mali. and there is some specific reasons france is doing this. france saw that extremists in the north, some of them linked to al qaeda, were marching toward the capital. they were heading south. and the government panicked, called france for assistance and france intervened. france also was worried that there is a very large community of people from mali, about 200,000 living in paris, living in france. and france w...

I became a ground combat troop all of a sudden, engaged in ground combat with the enemy. was able to operate exactly side by side, shoulder to shoulder literally with the special forces guys. i was wound and and i continued to fight. kept my calm under pressure. didnt act any differently than the men that i was in combat with. in my situation i was able to train alongside the men. they had no question about my abilities. never treated me like a female. none of them were overly chivalrous or prot...

Using it? mike emanuel has more from washington. >> reporter: with improvised explosives devices or ieds, technology to detect the danger has been crucial. the successful clearing of ieds by 12% and a member of the house armed services committee is asking for an investigation to ask why the army isnt using this. >> you have the ground combat commanders asking for something from the pentagon and not receiving it. >> and the first of the 82nd airborne sent this request on may 12th and describes as...

Using it? mike emanuel has more from washington. >> reporter: with improvised explosives devices or ieds, technology to detect the danger has been crucial. the successful clearing of ieds by 12% and a member of the house armed services committee is asking for an investigation to ask why the army isnt using this. >> you have the ground combat commanders asking for something from the pentagon and not receiving it. >> and the first of the 82nd airborne sent this urgent need request on may 12th and ...

Mike emanuel has more. >> ieds the greatest threat to the military p and mission in afghanistan technology to detect the danger has become a critical tool. software has proved successful clearing of ieds by 12 percent. now member of the houses security system is asking for congressional investigation into why the army resisted using it. you have the ground combat asking for something from the pentagon not receiving it. the team of the 82nd airborne sent this you are beur request. it is missi...

Using it? mike emanuel has more from washington. >> reporter: with improvised explosives devices or ieds, technology to detect the danger has been crucial. the successful clearing of ieds by 12% and a member of the house armed services committee is asking for an investigation to ask why the army isnt using this. >> you have the ground combat commanders asking for something from the pentagon and not receiving it. >> and the first of the 82nd airborne sent this urgent need request on may 12th and ...

That includes a spike in the use of improviseed explosive device. this comes as some in congress complain the pentagon is withholding software this could protect our troops from ied attacks. mike emmanuel has that story. >> with improvised explosive devices, the single greatest threat to the u.s. military and its mission in afghanistan, technology to detect the danger has become a critical tool. research shows software has improved the successful clearing of ieds by 12% and now a member of the h...

Why wont the army use it more often? mike emanuel is looking for answers. >> with improvised explosives, the single greatest threat to the u.s. military and mission in afghanistan, technology to detect danger is a critical tool. research shows software improved the clearing by 12% and the service committee is asking for a investigation into why the army resists using it. >> you have the ground combat commanders asking for something from the pentagon and then not receiving it. >> in fact the firs...

Call spoil. thats the new buzz word. spoil the intentions of a second adversary. in other words, the u.s. was involved in ground combat in the korean peninsula and iran started acting up, they could deploy enough forces to hold them at bay or hold that off until those ground forces could be redeployed, but overall, what this strategy does, probably pulls some troops out of europe, rebalances and puts a lot more emphasis into asia. >> we will be strengthening our presence in the asian pacific and...

that and it is tracked back to that. >> god forbid. these kids knew what they were getting when they signed up for the ad. so part of the program, they are losing weight. were not finished. i have to go. thank you so much. live out of new york. now hour two. here we go. top of the hour. im brooke baldwin. rick santorum is expected to speak live this hour. well take part of that for you. also a big surprise concerning jobs in america today. and prosecutors want death by for a famous e...