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They lived together for three months. they came from entirely different backgrounds. they would lie awake at night and talk about what they wanted to do with their lives. they all went into public service. one became a republican senator. other two were democratic setors and they were bonded by their war experience but also by their commitment to make this country not have to go to that kind of a war again and to work together across party lines. i think if anything else, thats what the greatest...

That was fall of 2009. clay died march of 2011 and, five weeks later, i get a letter, addressed to me, regarding his disability appeal, which is now complete. and his pts grading is 100%. >> do you see him as a casualty of war as surely as if he had been killed in iraq by the enemy? >> absolutely. >> you do? >> absolutely. i said that back in april of 2011 in an interview. someone asked me, ironically, from cnn, same question. theres no doubt in my mind. >> because you knew him before he went to...

Understanding the diagnosis, the management and the long-term care. if you havent done it before, its very hard. if youve been doing this for 10, 20 years, it becomes a little easier, just like anything else in medicine or health care. >> patrick, more than 2.5 million u.s. troops have gone to war in iraq and afghanistan since 2001. thats an eye-popping number when you stop and really think about it. how does the war experience -- how does that affect veterans? how does it shape the rest of thei...

For valor and unfortunately, his war experience left him scarred for life. >> in fact, he has been hospitalized for paranoia three times since returning home and easily qualify for mental health benefitings. you applied and got very little response. >> i got no response. it is a tireless process to deal with. >> right now, it is it a process many have to deal with. currently americas vets are waiting longer for the benefits to process than before. >> right now, there are 900,000 u.s. military ve...

So reading his book, it felt to start my professional career, to start to earn my place in this society that we enjoy, that i think is so special in the world, that military service and being the place to do that and the seal teams ended up being my home and its been quite an honor to participate. >> kelly: and were showing pictures right now of you receiving the trident pin. and i want to say that your book is not political, its not liberal, not conservative, its a straightup book about the val...

Year. another look of how hard it is to get the care they were promise it when they signed up. correspondent douglas kennedy has the story of a hero who has gone from dodging bombs and bullet in desert to cut through jungle of red tape at home. >> in 2004 robert with the special agent two the air force. stationed at ballid air force base 50 miles north of baghdad. >> your base was attacked over 150 times in six months. while you were there. >> yes. >> describe what that was like. >> actually its...

the white house called the killings a vial testament to an illegitimate regime that responds to peaceful protests with unspeakable brutality. the video of some of the 34 children killed has surfaced online. the images are simply too graphic to broadcast, showing children under the age of 10, some with missing limbs, and severe head wounds. the syrian government denies responsibility and blames al qaeda terrorists for the attack. well, this was a scene in several syrian cities today. pe...

reports of the massacre thats gone on now. >> all right, that was mohammed reporting on the violence in syria. egyptian voters may have to wait another month to learn who their next president will be. two candidates seem likely to face off in a runoff next month. mohammed moracy on the left is a member of the muslim brotherhood. the other served before as prime minister under hosni mubarak. its not an easy choice for egyptians starved for democracy. jimmy carter is in cairo where hes...

Think right now in pessimistic terms. i think that attaches to the whole war experience, steve. but the fact is that right now, the united states has made it very clear that we are not abandoning iraq. that in fact, theyre going to continue to get not only military training but military supplies, diplomatic assistance, you know, and their economy is growing rapidly. it turns out their economy is growing fast because of the oil getting back on line. so i think in lots of ways, people here are jus...

Conversation to say the least. >> here is the thing, if this was a young person like ashton kutcher, it would be all over the place. but everybody goes, oh it is tony bennett, he is old. on the other hand i am upset because he is a proud world war ii veteran. we are not fighting with guns. it is an ideology and it is a shame he bo say such a thing. he is a war veteran. >> he talk i had about -- talked about his war experience as a reason for being anti-war. you can be anti-war and understand the...