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Action and the actions of all of his comrades, ill repeat what the president said. we have to be astonished at the skill and the commitment and our enormous luck of these -- that we have kids like this who are willing to do whatever it takes to defend the country and protect us and take care of each other. >> well, john, to the point that colonel jack just made and made earlier in the segment, the reason why people like staff sergeant pitts are able to do such courageous and selfless things is b...

Made so the rest of us could come home. and im not going to waste this gift that i have. i dont feel its that day or the award or any of that has changed me as a person. but its changed, i think, my responsibilities a little bit. i feel a responsibility to tell our story because theres nine guys who cant. >> colonel jack jacobs joins us now along with iraq war veteran john sultz. colonel jack, you talked with staff sergeant pitts and his wife, of course, there. my goodness. to suffer such a seri...

Out and the u.s. looking to broker some kind of cease-fire. secretary of state john kerry has just arrived in cairo. this is that bid to revive some kind of cease-fire talks. this morning president obama spoke of the task ahead. >> the work will not be easy. obviously there are enormous passions involved in this and some very difficult strategic issues involved. nevertheless, ive asked john to do everything he can to help facilitate a cessation to hostilities. we dont want to see anymore civilia...

Think ill be able to do it? my response from experience is always the same. yes, you will. ive never been in a situation when people didnt rise, no matter who they were, and no matter how bad the circumstances are because youre always fighting for each other. >> and john, you can see his character, not just in the way that he responded in that battle in the fog and the heat of war, but also in the way that he receives this great award with such humility and selflessness. always deflecting from h...

Wear it for the people who didnt make it. over half of those who have received the medal of honor passpass passed away, only nine from iraq and afghanistan are still living. certainly, his humility here and the way hes receiving this honor is to be commended. theres a lot of other people from his unit now, three from the 173rd brigade, that served in afghanistan during that 15-month deployment that are living recipients of the award. i think all of them have been consistent with the fact that th...

Amount of training and deployment. i agree with colonel jacobs. for the most part, ive actually never seen someone do the wrong thing in a deployment or combat situation. i think theres a tremendous amount of pressure. theres a lot of things going on that are crazy. youre trained and, you know, a lot of these people have been on multiple deployments. your training kicks over and you react. you have nothing else to do. youre in a situation here with sergeant pitts where it was do or die. they wer...

But the number of veterans in office has fallen dramatically over the years, and its now just down to 20%. our nations veterans are an important civic asset with skills and experience far beyond their years. so what are they doing to keep serving their country? joining me again, congresswoman and army captain tulsi gabbard, who served two tours in operation iraqi freedom and was just named one of elle magazines ten most powerful women in d.c. congratulations. and john sultz, another two-tour ira...

On this base. but the realities of that and the realities of the sequester. costing a lot of members of the military across the country -- creating new challenges for those families. we anticipate he will not focus on those political elements, focus specifically on the individuals, their personal sacrifices and hopefully leave here by just leaving them with a message of thanks. >> all right, peter. please stay with us. lets bring into the conferring now john sultz, iraq war veteran, co-founder a...

The white house was unamoosed at this attempt to silence the debate over gun control. as was one of the fathers of the victims of the sandy hook shooting. >> all ive heard is the second amendment, the second amendment. and its not about the second amendment. its about saving childrens lives and innocent peoples lives. >> joining us now, joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com, and john sultz, chairman of votevets.org. welcome to you both. joy, i am going to start with you because i feel like r...

Tonight i am announcing the u.s. combat mission in iraq is ending. the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. >> larry: were back. executive director of vets for freedom, a decorated veteran of the war in iraq. john sultz is co-founder of votevets.org. served as a united states army cap tab during operation iraqi freedom. pete, what did you think of his speech and was it time to end this war? >> well, i think it was strong in some points and disappointing in...