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Ceremony where he will award the medal of honor posthumously to sergeant john chapman. chapman lost his life trying to rescue fellow u.s. troops in afghanistan back in 2002. this marks the first time the nations highest award for valor is presented to a member of the air force since the vietnam war. jennifer griffin is live for us at the pentagon. jennifer, big day. >> harris, this medal of honor is unique and many say long overdue. tech sergeant john chapmans distinguished cross is being upgrad...

♪ >> mike: on this memorial day, an effort is underway to have the nations highest military award bestowed on air force sergeant killed in an controversial operation in afghanistan 16 years ago. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> at a medal of honor ceremony last week, the president honored navy seal brit slow ventricle ski for hislovenski failedattempt to sep observation post 11 feet above sea lone wolf near an area where al qaeda fighters wer...

>> i was talking about the deployment of our current border patrol resources, would we actually need the national guard. nobody praised the president more than i did in any media that i know of. >> the current deployment of national guard troops have been handled differently than previous deployments. there are rules and restrictions in place this time around. the union president said its a poor use of resources. unlike previous deployment deployment.national guard troops must be paired with the...

I know of for the decision to send the national guard. >> now, judd went on in thursdays article to say he was extremely excited about the troop deployment, a sentiments he echoed on fox today; mike? >> he still has some criticism about the way the national guard is being used; right? >> thats right. judd says the current deployment of national guard troops is being handled differently than previous border deployments and the union president said thats led to a poor use of resources. now a natio...

Giddyup! kayak. search one and done. ♪ griff: welcome back. the pentagon approving a move to send national guard troops to the border. the border patrols councils president says guard at the border has been a waste. a collosal waste of resources. we have seen no benefit. they are not allowed to be in the public eye. they are not allowed to be in our lookout and observation post even in texas. here to react is acting deputy commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection ronald vitiello. goo...

Tremendous act of selfless bravery but there are questions about the middle honor awarded to brett sliwinski at the white house, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story of the nearly forgotten battle in the earliest stages of the war on terror. >> i know -- shannon: 6 month after the 9/11 attacks, brett sliwinski led a 7 man navy seal team to set up an observation post in eastern afghanistan on a 10,500 foot mountaintop to support us forces in the valley below battling al ...

Tonight, there are questions about the medal of honor awarded to navy seal britt slabinski today at the white house. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has a story of a nearly forgotten battle in the very earliest stages of the war on terror. >> speak of my teammates alive,i know he is in the territory. >> six months after the 9/11 attacks, then senior chief britt slabinski led a seven man navy seal team to set up an observation post in eastern afghanistan, on a 10,500-foot mountai...

>> mattis was always cautiously optimistic about the talks. >> dana: what can you tell us about the medal of honor recipient that is going to be honored by the president moments from now? >> well, we sat down with him this week. master chief britt slabinski, 26-year navy veteran and member of the seal team six. he is being recognized for his actions on march 4, 2002, in operation anaconda. while trying to insert a seal team on top of takur ghar mountain to set up an observation post. the mission...

Were you able to point out just how consistent his military experience has been with the special counsel? >> its funny. ive interviewed a lot of his staff in the fbi, prosecutors hes worked with over the years. i went back and was interviewing ultimately eight marines that i found who served with him in the hotel company of the second battalion fourth marine regiment in vietnam, and they all said almost exactly the same thing that anyone else has said about bob mueller ever since, that hes incre...

In vietnam, and they all said almost exactly the same thing that anyone else has said about bob mueller ever since, that hes incredibly focused, he was incredibly driven, that he was up every night checking the patrols, checking the observation post, sort of making sure that he knew where everyone was and that he was, in fact, in many ways working harder than almost any of the marines under him. i dove deep into the battle of m mudders ridge in 68 where bob mueller received the medal of valor wh...