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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 difference between white and wrong. >> understand? he didnt ...

Rebel forces in nearby misrata. and the taliban attacked the u.s. armored vehicle in pakistan today. the car bomb struck the u.s. convoy as it was bringing american government employees to a consulate in the northwestern part of the country. two americans suffered minor injuries in the blast that killed one pakistani civilian and wounded ten others. as fighting in afghanistan has intense fidify edintensifie contributing editor sebastian jung wears embedded in afghanistan for months and his b...

Tripoli. according to the united nations witnesses aboard another boat saw remnants of that sunken ship and remains of some passengers floating in the mediterranean sea. three other boats attempting to leave libya have also disappeared. its impossible to know how many people drowned this year. meantime we are learning about the rebel fight in the qaddafi forces in the not war. especially how a ragged tag group of inexperienced men are trying to become more disciplined reena ninan tonight. >> the...

Day. when they were moving ahead, everything was fine. everybody was pushing ahead. but once the going gets tough, the ranks start to fall apart and it descends into anarchy, chaos. >> amidst the chaos, there are deaths, injuries. i know you spent the day in a hospital. just describe what you saw today. >> well, actually, today we spent a brief time in one of the clinics, but this was a clinic where they were bringing in wounded and quickly moving them back to the rear. but these hospitals are -...

Didnt really want to reintegrate with society. for me, it was the reality was over there. i just wanted to go back. so i did go back to iraq in 2003 and 2004. when i was there, i started to experience nightmares and started to have severe anxiety, the fear. and that fear i think for me, i ran away from the faith that i had had in afghanistan and my whole life. that marked a departure point for me that took me down a bad path. >> mike: julie, when did you start seeing something going on in nate t...

Me? >> when i first came home, i really didnt want to reintegrate with society. for me the reality was over there and i just wanted to go back. and so, i did go back to iraq in 2003 and 2004. and when i was there, i started to experience nightmares and started to have severe anxiety, fear, and that fe fear, i think, for me, i ran away from the faith that id had in afghanistan and my whole life and that marked the departure point for me that took me down a really bad path. >> mike: julie, when di...

Didnt really want to reintegrate with society. for me, it was the reality was over there. i just wanted to go back. so i did go back to iraq in 2003 and 2004. when i was there, i started to experience nightmares and started to have severe anxiety, the fear. and that fear i think for me, i ran away from the faith that i had had in afghanistan and my whole life. that marked a departure point for me that took me down a bad path. >> mike: julie, when did you start seeing something going on in nate t...

Criminal if they find out who did it approximate and they deserve time behind bars? >> i honor his service on the intelligence committee. its important. now its a fact. theres 92,000 documents that have -- that cite chapter and verse the danger of the united states going deeper and deeper into our war experience in afghanistan. the american taxpayers are being asked this week to spend another $33 billion on a war that is costing hundreds of billions. we really owe it to the taxpayers to go forwa...

Father, a grandfather, and a war hero. but retirement is not in the cards. >> you can make a profession of deciding where to go for breakfast. you read the local newspaper and one day runs into another day. so thats not for me. >> reporter: so now at 84 years of age, jack slotnick is doing something else. >> now, look at that campus. i dont know how anybody learns anything. >> reporter: going to college. after passing by lynn universitys campus for years, he decided to attend, as a freshman. >> ...

And it is time to say thanks to our servicemen and women. with that in mind, we want to introduce you to an army veteran who returned to college at the age of 84. his aim, helping veterans back from americas more recent wars. hes a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a war hero. but retirement is not in the cards. >> well you can make a profession of deciding where to go for breakfast, and you read the local newspaper, and one day runs into another day. so thats not for me. >> reporter: so now...