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All those big monuments and memorials do. for this is a historic day. the first time in nearly half a century since the vietnam war that we've been able to present the medal of honor to two survivors of the same battle. indeed when we paid tribute to clint romesha earlier this year, we were provided the information on how he and his team provided cover for wounded americans to make their escape. the medal we present to today, the soldier we honor, ty carter, is the story of what happened in that humvee. it's the story of what our troops do for each other. as some of you may recall, camp keatin...

The flashbacks. the nightmares. the anxiety. the heart ache that makes it sometimes almost impossible to get through a day. and he's urged us to remember another soldier from camp keating who suffered, too, who eventually lost his own life back home. and who we remember today for his service in afghanistan that day, private ed faulkner jr. at first, like a lot of troops, ty resisted seeking help. but with the support of the army, the encouragement of his commanders, and most importantly, the love of shannon and the kids, ty got help. the pain of that day, i think ty understands and we can only...

Events with other sources, concluding in the cases they highlight civilian casualties have been underreported. so is this going to make a difference? well, from many years in the region, i can say, no, not at least immediately because much that has been leaked has either been leak before or been the subject of intense speculation. having said that, very few of the documents have been thoroughly examined, and it's in their detail, like the attack on camp keating, when its vulnerabilities were known for years, that the damage may occur. nic robertson, cnn, london. in two day, arizona's controv...

Not, the osama bin laden and omar will have a more lasting effect on the region than our influence. >> shepard: along the way we're giving them a billion dollars a year. what do they do with it? >> well, pakistan during the 80s used to control our intelligence because we had to work with them. there's nothing different now. what i found fascinating from reading the reports of the frustration our soldiers had meeting with pakistani counterparts knowing full well they were allowing transport of weapons and goods and insurgents that were going to kill americans. >> we can't confirm what was said ...

Decisions for soldiers in the field sometimes doesn't work out well. >> the sad thing about camp keating is it was later determined by the commander it was a thorn in the side of the locals and he volunteer to take it out. before they could they were overrun by 300 taliban fighters and led to the death of eight americans, an unfortunate and unnecessary outcome. >> and in the end we ended up changing our strategy and abandoned that post entirely. it was as if the effort, to hear it from the soldiers, had been a waste and a sad one. >> we were put there to guard a road built for the locals but t...