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Imagine if we had a commando raid coming out of afghanistan into pakistan. doing what was done in the raid in iraq the other day. you wouldn't say we have combat in pakistan. you would say we launched a raid as we did on the bin laden compound. so it seems to me a valid distinction. the only thing i think is really important is that the person who was involved in this. in special opps hero who died in this. should be eligible for combat decorations. >> and we heard that he will be. >> and the family will be eligible for the appropriate benefits. as long as you adhere to that think the semantic...

To special lopez and what we know about his background, that he did serve in a combat role in iraq, he was a truck driver at the tilme. what else have we learned, mik, in those last four months? >> reporter: the last four months of the war, actually. he was one of the truck drivers who drove the last of the u.s. military forces and equipment out of iraq, during the withdraw. according to army secretary john mchugh, there's no indication he served in any combat operation, combat role, no injuries. he has no combat decorations on his record. so there's no indication that he was under any particu...