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Platoons surrounding the building, keeping track of the crowd. we do know where the tents were. however, having a ground view and the tents being about 40 deep into the crowd, we were unable to see what was going on. however, when our helicopter reported that it looked like the two canopies had collapsed, we sent two platoons of troopers there to make sure that nobody was injured or trapped under the tents. by the time our troopers worked their way through the crowds, the people were out of the ...

Citizens soldier some of the 30,000 reservivist, called up, stopping for everything from oreos to water to do ritos to pick up before they man their tank, maneuvering in the black of this, right behind me, before possibly heading into gazzasm more than a dozen palestinian killed in airstrikes inside the gaza strip. many of them are civilian, some children. here, we have had at least a dozen injured. this is quite literally the tip of the israeli spear. these are citizen shoaleddiers, a lot of th...

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Technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly, so that companies like this one can better compete against companies around the world. we shouldnt make it so difficult. for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we have hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan, and i have proposed connecting the veterans looking for work with businesses that need their skills. you have 24-y...

Theres a bill sitting in congress right now that would set up an infrastructure bank to get that move attracting private sector dollars not just public dollars. congress needs to move. right now weve got our veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan. who have taken their place among the greatest of generations that made extraordinary sacrifices. i meet these young people -- [ applause ] i meet young people 23, 24 years old. theyre in charge of platoons, making life and death decisions. they...

From history books forever. >> is there anything we do know about what things will look like after the repeal? >> right. you know, i think one of the underlying themes here that you hear people in the pentagon talk about is leadership. they are going to rely on commanders. when i say commanders, i mean people like sergeants in charge of companies and platoons and combat units out there about what this all means and they are all expected to conduct themselves in a professional and responsible man...