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If shinseki did offer his resignation, that the president would accept it. >> colonel jack jacobs, at this stage what would you do if you were advising the president? >> i would tell him to do exactly what he's doing for the time being. don't forget that he is a lawyer and he will wait until the investigation is over before he does something. he's the kind of person who doesn't like to do anything precipitously. but he does have a serious political problem. one thing that chuck said really resonates, and that is that veterans, even if you're getting great care from the va, we all perceive that...

The testimony last week in reguard to the specific questions asked by senators on the senate veteran affairs committee about what was going on in the various hospitals of where the allegations were raised, secretary shinseki punted it or he said that he is not aware of it or didn't know, and again, that kind of detail may not find its way normally to the top, but when your entire o organization is under scrutiny, one has to wonder why wouldn't you know? you are the secretary. and it is your veterans who are dying on the waiting lists. >> and yes, colonel jack, because you have rob nabors a dep...

Timothy owens, an army counselor, who served in iraq and hailed from central illinois. his mother called him soon after learning of the shooting, fully expecting him to pick up the phone, and later learned her worst nightmare had come true. 16 other people were hurt in this tragedy, all of them military personnel. today our nation's commander in chief, president barack obama, honored all of them and memorialized those we lost along with millions of us. as we continue our coverage, we have nbc sarah dallof at ft. hood and two american heros, colonel jack jacobs and general barry mccaffrey. sara...

Media, the fact of the matter is we're living in a revolution of in the distribution of information we have not seen since the invention of the printing press. everything and anything that happens is immediately available to everybody. we don't expect this sort of stuff to happen in the military. but we can see it because of the nature of the distribution of information and we're shocked by it because we know it whereas before we didn't. >> colonel jack jacobs, barry mccaffrey, thank you for your inviting and thoughts on this day. coming up on this sober day, another tragedy unfolding at this ...

Installation, marine, army, navy, air force, are the safest communities in america. people don't lock their doors. there's a handful of incidents on a given week. and to have something like this strike out of the blue, is really a punch in the gut. but again, they're really tough people. i'm glad the chain of command showed up. texas is a wonderful supportive environment for the armed forces. so they'll get through it. >> colonel, what do we do to ensure events like this don't reduce the ability of people in the army to work effectively together? obviously they face normal -- enormous external...