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They got me looking like gomer pyle. >> one of the distinct features of the impact program is that it allows female inmates from a nearby womens correctional facility to participate alongside the men. >> louisiana correctional institute for women sits about a quarter mile to a half mile down the road from us. its easy for us to get those females here and get them back to the womens prison at night. >> bravo company is one of the six impact platoons. among the inmates that make up bravo is female...

who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] >> the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with ...

honest with ourselves is that we have a political culture that doesnt seem willing to make the tough choices to move america forward. we have a willingness to play partisan games and engage in brinkmanship, that not only costs us in terms of the economy now but also is going to place a burden on future generations. and the question is, can we break out of that pattern? can we break out of that pattern? think about it. we just went through this debacle with the debt ceiling, an entirely...

the economy is still weak. its going to help you make ends meet, but its also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. its right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america use...

Seal team six. there are different levels of seals to what they did in the seal community. >>neil: do they ever mix the seal groups? or is it the same group? >>guest: we all come from the same platoons. >>neil: when i hear the navy seal force has shrunk over the years is that true or the availability of folks to fit the bill? >>guest: i think it is availability. the thing is, there are certain times when there are more people coming into the navy versus other times. we will not lower our standar...

Group, from what ive read its about 80% of the people who want to become a navy s.e.a.l., that dream just does not come true because were talking about the best of the best here. give us similar insight into the training you experienced and what many others experience when they want to become a s.e.a.l. >> i cant go into too many details on the training for obvious reasons but roughly you come into the navy and after two years of training you are qualified as a s.e.a.l. and then youll work in yo...

Or thousands or the tens of thousands? how large an army do they have? because theyre talking about some of these cities are 700,000 people. >> it is a very impromptu force. they dont have specific battalions or platoons. people just show up and the numbers are big. i would certainly say thousands. thousands of armed people that are driving in the direction of sirte right now. manufacture them are civilians. theyll pick up a gun for a day. theyll go out to the front line, go back to their jobs t...

Accountable in any way. we obtained some of the photos that the soldiers took of themselves and their victims. some of the photos seem continue kate there may be other crimes involving other platoons that havent been charged yet. thats whats most disturbing about it and thats why we decided to publish some of the photographs because it looks like there may be crimes that havent been prosecuted yet. >> i was going to read this. i dont think im going to. willie, take it. i am going to talk to chri...

The infantry. were talking about women, battalions and platoons of women kicking down doors. if you are under 5 3" and a male you cannot do the minimum 30 pushups or whatever the standard is, you are not allowed to serve. if we have a uniform standard and the women are able to maintain the same standard as men kicking down doors, that is similar standard. >>clayton: the final word to you. >>guest: we have women right now who are assigned, attached in female engagement teams in afghanistan becaus...

They think the virtual fence was working, was it working, cancellation of it was a good idea or bad idea? how do you come down on it. >> it was a great idea to cancel it. its far past due. we knew not just two years ago, four years ago. it spans two administrations that they should have canceled this a longtime ago. now our taxpayers have footed a bill for over a billion dollars for a virtual fence that really hasnt benefitted us at all. and we need to get back to the basics, and im a combat eng...