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Every enemy we have had since 9/11. he has fought taliban and al qaeda. last year in mosul he was charged with clearing isis from the iraqi city. the president has claimed success in defeating isis. can you draw a direct line from that success to my brother who led one of the most successful platoons in miss siewl to clear ice sis in iraq. they are one of the most indesvictim mat enemies that we have. people like eddie we send there to fight them. did he that successfully, and he comes back mont...

Afghanistan in one of most highly decorated platoons of the whole afghan war. 85% of your guys came home with a purple heart. if you were going utilize yourself, almost overland your position. you wrote a book about it, "outlaw platoon." dakota meyer, a scout to sniper in falluja with the marines, before that part of an embedded training team in afghanistan. your whole left and on september, 2009. i printed out the citation about the medal of honor that president obama put around your neck in 20...

The hills of afghanistan, one of the most highly decorated platoons in the war. 85% of your guys came home with a purple heart. you were wounded twice, author of the book "platoon." dakota sniper, part of an embedded training team in afghanistan. your life changed on september 8 wt, 2009. i printed out this citation for the medal of honor. during a six-hour firefighter corp meyer turned the tide on the battle saving marine and soldiers were four separate times he charged a kilometer into the tal...

The hills of afghanistan and one the most highly decorated platoons in the whole afghan war, 80% of your guys came home with a purple heart and wounded twice yourself from getting when the enemy overran your position. and dakota meyer, scout sniper in falluja with the marines before going as an embedded training team to the province and your life changed on september 2009. i printed this out that president obama obama put out run back through the six-hour firefight corporal meyer single family t...

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There have been occasional crossings across. by the way, from the south into the north strangely enough. so i would be much more concerned if theres sort of mass defections of entire divisions or platoons or brigades. >> or senior leadership. >> thaekt. >> thanks very much for putting that into context for us. one programming note. tonight at 97:00 eastern time, will ripley gives is a rare glimpse of the secret state taking us inside north korea. its a must watch. meanwhile, the president is tak...

United states not only is for punishment, but its also as a terrence. so for future platoons, it makes people think twice about deserting, because if platoon isnt only as strong as the weakest link. if you are out there, they take this very seriously in the u.s. military come desertion. extremely seriously. when people think about it, doing it again? hey, get a slap on the wrist, no jail time. not as stringent as it used to be in this country. >> general jack keane when he was on fox a couple we...

I also swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution both as a united states marine and a member of congress. i understand free speech is protected. make sure were talking about the right things. >> congressman served four tours in iraq, one of the first platoons into baghdad. he knows of what he speaks and he also got married last weekend, romantic 36-hour honeymoon were told and getting married last week elise jordan. >> wow. >> congratulations. >> not to each other. >> wow. >> importan...

Prim -- perimeters to get through. >> you know, we had a job to do. im not going to listen to people who want to talk about hate and, you know what, if they didnt get in, thats a good thing because their message isnt what we want to hear. >> what about the people -- [inaudible] >> again, if you looked at us, we pedaled bikeses 20,000 people, real soft, we got in here in the parameter. we had officers with soft hats. until we werent able to get wagons that we had to bring the public order platoon...

15,000 now and thats huge, we could see even more, so keeping those two groups separate, how are law enforcement going to be able to accomplish that? >> well, the first thing theyre going to do is use the training that theyve been filled in on and the tactics that they know very well, because theyve managed a bunch of events like this, to keep those crowds separate. they have public platoons, officers, large numbers of officers if its necessary in the event and to push crowds in one way or the o...