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election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but heres the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinleys campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barrons gave him the then insanely kingly sums of $6 million for his 1896-1900 presidential win. that would be a lot of money even now. president nixo...

"outfront" tonight, big, big, and bigger money in politics. upwards of $11 million will be spent on this years election, according to the federal election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but heres the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinleys campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barr...

Organization thats been -- i learned about them while being deployed. i feel like that were ready and i feel like my colleagues and my fellow soldiers and service members are ready. >> senator udall, whats it like when you hear someone like charlie being able to talk about her life publicly on television without fear of retribution? >> were all so proud of her. there are thousands of other stories like charlies. what she underlines is that this will actually help unit morale, unit cohesion and o...

13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today dont ask, dont tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on tha...

The law has changed. it seems to me its an idea thats come. now to task the ground commanders, commandant of the marine corps and chief of the staff of the army said weve got to figure out a way to do it and do it in a way that does not damage unit cohesion. im sure that people will be thoughtful and careful in administering it. >> you think its time has come? >> indeed, it has. the laws been changed. >> the book "known and unknown" a memoir. thank you, donald rumsfeld. >> thank you. >> what pol...

Combat. in the military we have a phenomenon called a band of brothers effect, and the effectiveness of units in places particularly in afghanistan is determined by the degree of buddy cohesion, small unit cohesion in these ten, twelve-man units. the bottom line, gregg is nobody knows, the evidence is not there, ive studied this for the last three decades and ill tell you that the body of knowledge about what comprises that glue that makes us effectiveness at the small unit level is simply unkno...

Women serving in combat units. peter doocy reports from washington, peter? >> women should be allowed to serve on the month lines according to the military advisory panel because keeping them away is discriminatory, they say the same keeping openly gay men and women out of the services and the commission to put out the report is made up of retired and current military officials and they say since women have the physical and mental ability to serve on the front lines, they should be allowed to if...

Advisory panel will recommend to congress. some experts argue while men are more physically able to do the job, allowing them to serve on the front line is the same problem as allowing openly gay men to do so. >> the issue is unit cohesion. these are psychologically, emotionally, socially very physically intense you wants with lots of intimacy to them. that is the reality of it. cohesion is the glue to keep the unit together to help it perform effectively. if you break down the glue and cohesion...

Retired military officials, since women have the physical and mental ability to serve on the front lines they should be allowed to if they want. not everyone sold and that lives could be at risk if the chemistry of a unit is altered. >> the issue is unit cohesion. these are very physically intense units with lots of intimacy with them. and cohesion is the glue that keeps it totaling and helps it perform. if you break down that glue, the unit will not perform, as well. >> according to the pentago...

New report. hi, peter. >> hi, shannon. women should allowed to serve according to this military advisory panel because keeping them away is discrime in a tori, they say the same way keeping openly gay men and women out of the service schl the commission is made up of retired military and current military and they say since women have the physical and mental ability to serve they should allowed to if they want. but... not everyone is sold. some point out lives could be at risk if the chemistry of...