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The air support and the actual delivery of that air support. something went wrong, and this ac 130 inadvertently hit this hospital, and following up on what the reporter said in kabul, i think most people realize that this has to be a mistake. the united states was not going to go after a hospital. so i think everybody realizes this was a tragic error. now we have to figure out how to proceed. >> yeah. how a mistake of this magnitude could happen, and finding a way to stop it from happening again. i want you to stand by. we want to move to syria now. nato and u.s. officials have both side that...

Charge, john campbell, you just heard him speaking there was asked that question. precisely what, you know, when you are calling in helicopter air support or an aircraft air support that had heavy machine guns on the ac-130 compared to calling in a fighter jet with a bomb or drone with a guided munition on it, what different rules of engagement are -- come into play there? he said he didn't want to get into those kinds of details until the investigation is carried out. what we do know from u.s. officials, they say whether or not air support is called for by u.s. forces under fire or afghan for...

Borders, killing 22 people, including doctors and children. the top u.s. general in afghanistan called a press conference in the pentagon to correct the record about statements made by the u.s. military this weekend that the airstrikes were ordered because u.s. lives were at risk from the taliban. >> the impression people got in the first couple days is they were firing directly on u.s. forces. as i've talked to the investigating officer, as we continue to get updated information, that that was not the case. >> general john campbell who was in cash cash preparing for congressional testimony wh...

Facility. >> earlier in the day, the president of doctors without borders issued a statement calling the attack, quote, inexcuse nl violation of international law and a presumptive war crime. joining me now is chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, we have seen the story change over the days here. this is the latest version. >> reporter: general campbell in the testimony before the senate armed services committee today also revealed for the first time that u.s. special operations forces were on the ground in close -- in the close vicinity of the doctors without borders hospital wh...

From general campbell in his testimony before the senate armed services committee today that the u.s. mistakenly struck that hospital run by the doctors without borders is a huge step forward in this, and it's pretty clear that he must already know what that mistake is, but because the investigation has just begun, he's probably not at liberty to say at this point. he did reveal for the first time that the u.s. special operations forces that were in the general area to advise and assist the afghan forces, he said today that they were actually in close vicinity of that facility when it was stru...