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Aid to the ukraine. really. visionworks. see the difference. im of irish descent, i still about being a scientist at 3m. love the irish, and he has an i wanted them to know that innovation is not just affinity for his homeland. >> from your military background about that one a-ha moment. and your national security science is a process. background, john, what do you say to this? it takes time, dedication. >> im offended by it and im its a journey. deeply offended by it and i were constantly askin...

Governments support of ukraine. following the call, i again reported membership concerns to nscs lead counsel," that would be john eisenberg. colonel vindman stresses that he personally has had no direct contact or communication with president trump. and he also says he is not the whistle-blower. he says, "i want the committees to know i am not the whistle-blower who brought this issue to the cia and the committees attention. i do not know who the whistle-blower is and i would not feel comfortab...

What is -- again, im just looking at this for the first time. let me read you a little bit of what is here. this has just been handed to me. "mr. chairman and ranking members, thank you for the opportunity to address the committees, ukraine and my role and my events under investigation. i dedicated my entire professional life to the united states of america. for more than two decades, its been my honor to serve as an officer in the u.s. army. as an infantry officer, i served tours including sout...

Professional life to the united states of america. for more than two decades, its been my honor to serve as an officer in the u.s. army. as an infantry officer, i served tours including south korea and germany and deployment to iraq for combat operations. in iraq i was wounded in an ied attack and awarded a purple heart. since 2008, ive been a foreign area officer specializing in euras eurasia. i served in the u.s. embassies in kiev and moscow and washington, d.c. i was a politico military affai...

Colonel vindman begins his opening statement with some basic biographical information. he says, "i have dedicated my entire professional life to the united states of america. for more than two decades, it has been my honor to serve as an officer in the united states army. as an infantry officer, i served multiple overseas tours, including south korea and germany, and a deployment to iraq for combat operations in iraq. i was wounded in an ied attack and awarded a purple heart. since 2008, i have ...

>> yes. and i can think of only two moments in history this calls to mind. one, of course, is joseph mccarthy in his final days, having his final showdown, have you know sense of desense decen and the other was john mccain who had just lost their son in combat for this nations flag. you think at some point the cumulative weight of the attack on people who have risked their lives for the nations welfare and protection, you hope that will pile up at some point but we cant count on that on any give...

More than double the years versus the average. joining me now, colleen rose who cares for her husband, john, an active duty marine, who sustained significant head injuries after an ied attack. colleen is also an elizabeth dole foundation hidden heroes fellow. and eric alva, first american injured in the iraq war who lost his right leg. also the iraq wars first purple heart recipient. colleen, i want to start you. thanks for being with us. 5.5 million. not a lot of people know about that. 5.5 mil...

Because, again, as i was mentioning, severe injuries in some cases. staff sergeant alva, again, having to lose a limb, in your case, an ied attack, then his head injuries you had to deal with. what sort of support do you need? >> the support that we need is valely ex te really extensive. it totally takes a village, richard. >> yeah. >> people in the community, if theyre interested in helping, thank you, first of all, for acknowledging us and wanting to help people like me. i think you can learn ...

Quote, the need to support men and women in our military and their families. n nbcs courtney kube is at the pentagon. what more do we know? >> as you said there were three u.s. service members who were killed in this roadside bomb and improvised explosive device just near ghazni city. you may remember there was a lot of attention on ghazni in august, a couple of months ago, when the taliban overran large parts of the city and parts of the province. it led to a bloody four-day battle and ever sin...

Did. she was failed by a small arms attack on a base. >> army staff sergeant tyler picket. >> yeah. this is the more interesting one, alisyn. because i had a list of soldiers that i wanted to talk about this morning. last night i got a note from one of sergeant pickets troops. he said, hey, sir, youre going on again. please mention sergeant picket this time. we all loved him. his picture is kind of goofy. but if you knew him as his soldiers did, he was an amazing young man and great leader. very...