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Ultimately the u.s. military decided that times have changed. it was a difficult valley to hold. the people in the valley did not want american presence there. thats what villagers have told us repeatedly. it was very expensive to resupply. it was very costly in terms of american lives. there were very few people living there so the decision was made to leave the valley where there were only 4 thrs 500 afghans who live in the more populated area and thats part of a general trend were seeing righ...

Said that she ignored the charge and three days later she got another charge for $5,000. >> reporter: the scam is so widespread we found two victims right here at nbc. pages stephanie lynn and maggie etinger both noticed strange charges onion line bank statements. >> i had a charge for 57 cents. i charge ridiculously small amounts normally but that was a little lower. >> you start wondering how did this happen? how did these people get my information? and you start worrying about your privacy. y...

In chief. nbcs jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon. what does the military plan to do next? >> reporter: just when you thought this issue was laid to rest this pops up. ive been talking to army officials and they would prefer this just go away but it appears this lieutenant colonel may in fact force the army to court-martial him, perhaps, in an effort by him to bring this back into the public view so to speak. now, according to u.s. military officials, it is true that lieutenant colonel lackin r...

Campbell, kentucky he showed up at the pentagon. colonel gordon roberts is the only active duty medal of honor winner, recipient, rather. he received the medal of honor when he was 19 years old for heroic actions in vietnam. he sat down with lackin and said, look. here im going to read you your miranda rights. here are your choices going forward. and well see where it proceeds from there. he had his pentagon pass and apparently his government issued laptop computer seized at the same time but, a...

Welcome back. in mexico police are waiting on toxicology results before deciding if they will arrest a successful american television producer in the murder of his wife. bruce redman is the producer of reality shows like "survivor" and police say his wife monica was killed last monday. he reported her missing tuesday. her body was found dumped in a sewer near the posh hotel where they were vacationing. nbc is following the developments from cancun. >> reporter: tamron, this murder investigation ...

Possible for nadias parents to speak with their daughter. >> one of my friends was able to give a cell phone to her dad. >> wow. >> and her dad talked with her. i just put the phone up to her ear and she talked to her dad and her dad handed the phone to her mom and her mom was just crying she was so thankful. >> nadias parents say she is, quote, doing wonderfully. federal safety officials are now testing the 2010 lexus gx 460 suv. toyota suspended sales of the lexus suv last night after consum...

Governor is scheduled to conduct a news conference in the next hour to announce new steps in mine safety. this follows last weeks explosion at the upper big branch mine that killed 29 coal miners. the governor announced an independent investigation yesterday. federal investigators are looking into the cause of the disaster and congress has also scheduled hearings. the white house says president obama will present a revised proposal to outline the future of nasa when he visits the kennedy space...

They were stopped by security officials. nbc news has been able to confirm this information but this is one of the holiest sites in iraq that they were targeting, and the goal was to ignite, according to information nbc has been able to obtain, the goal was to ignite sectarian violence. but the report out now is that iraqi security forces foiled an attempt by al qaeda to hijack an airplane and fly it into one of the holiest sites for shiite muslims in southern iraq. their goal was to ignite sect...

And speaking to a cheering crowd. palin yet again went after president obama. >> is this what their change is all about? i want to tell them, nah. you know, well keep clinging to our constitution and our guns and religion and you can keep the change. >> nbcs political reporter is in boston where it looks like theyre wrapping up. first i have to ask you, was sarah palin paid for this event? and does it make this the fifth event in just a month where weve seen her? >> reporter: this is now about t...