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The soldier, exposing himself to constant fire as bullets flew in every direction mike fired at the enemy with one arm while dragging the injured soldier back to the perimeter with the other. soon after they returned to the unit, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby and shot smoldering metal into mikes back and into his leg. he was seriously, seriously wounded. the shrapnel left a gaping hole in mikes foot. for the next 48 excruciating hours, he used a branch as a crutch and went on rescui...

States. were dealing with a global challenge. i believe isis will attempt to establish a physical presence outside of iraq and syria now that they have lost their caliphate raqqa and mosul, they will attempt to establish. thats exactly why were conducting the kinds of operations were conducting in niger, to ensure that local forces have the capability to prevent that from happening. >> we have time for about two more questions. >> courtney? >> thank you. does part of the fbi investigation includ...

Contact. of course they did. a questioner theyre looking into as to why that is the case. many other questions. i asked them whether those evacuating forces who took out the wounded or the dead dead a head count. he said he doesnt know the answer yet. why was sergeant johnsons body found some mile away as cnn reported? they dont know the answer to that question either yet. legitimate questions and clearly crucial ones to this. they did provide information, though, on a couple of other things. we...

Normally happens. i have seen to get somebody something over a week or two but for 47 years. >> in september of 1970, captain rose was an army medic on a top-secret mission. his unit was attacked. over the next four days, he would repeatedly run into enemy fire to treat the wounded. are you thinking you are going to get out of this alive? >> no. on the 14th of september, i figure that was my last day on earth. >> firing at the enemy and dragging a wounded soldier, he was hit by shrapnel. yet he ...

Constant fire. as bullets flew in every direction, mike fired with one arm while dragging the injured soldier back to the perimeter with the other. soon after they returned to their unit, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby and shots smoldered metal into mikes back and into his leg. he was seriously, seriously wounded. the shrapnel left a gapping hole in mikes foot. for the next 48 excruciating hours, he used a branch as a crutch and rescued the wounded. mike did not stop to eat, sleep or...

Challenge. i believe that isis will attempt to establish a physical presence outside of iraq and syria now that they have lost their caliphate in raqqah and mosul. theyll attempt to establish. thats why were conducting the kind of operations weve conducted in niger is to ensure local forces have the capability to prevent that from happening. >> we have time for two more questions. >> courtney? >> thank you. does part of the fbi investigation include interviewing the wounded and the soldiers who ...

Again, mike raced to the side of the soldier, exposing himself to constant fire, as bullets flew in every direction, mike fired at the enemy with one arm while dragging the injured soldier back to the perimeter with the other. soon after they returned to the unit, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby and shot smoldering met into michael back and into his leg. he was seriously, seriously wounded. the shrapnel left a gaping hole in mikes foot. for the next 48 excruciating hours he used a bra...

Detailed request. >> do you have the video? >> whats that? >> i have not viewed the video. >> on the evacuation, you had the wounded evacuated first and then the killed in action. do you know yet whether anyone did a head count on either of those aircraft or after the evacuations were done to be sure everyone was accounted for? >> i dont have that level of detail in terms of who counted. i know what the procedures would normally be. i cant tell you if those procedures were followed at that parti...

>> did you view the video? >> i have not. >> you have the wounded evacuated first around the killed in action. do you know yet whether anyone did a head count on either of those aircraft or after those evacuations were done to be slur that everybody was accounted for? >> i dont have that level of detail in terms of who -- i know what the procedures would normally be. i cant tell you if those procedures were followed at that particular time. that will come out in the investigation. >> general, th...

Rogan almost retired, 53 years old. less than a year on the job. got into a gunfight and they were killed. three others, fbi agents were there. wounded. not retired. so we go down, jim comey, get to the absolutely brilliant memorial speech to those fallen men and to all of the men and women of the fbi. we serve our country so well, in law enforcement so well. there were family members there. some of the children that were there were only 3 or 4 years old when the dads were killed on that street ...