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Former f.b.i. agent that worked branch robberies and bombings, sometimes in a very high adrenalin combat environment impact people's version of events are a little different. the goal here was no piece of information could go forward if it wasn't substantiated or corroborated. that was done in the report and it was very narrow. it was not designed to be a huge end of the conclusion. there are serious questions yet to be answered. >> let me ask you about that, you have been criticized for going easy on the administration talking point where among other things, susan rice case to the morning tal...

Though the investigation still has to go its full length. we've expressed sorrow, we've expressed regret. we didn't want to see the four boys dead, and every time this sort of thing happens for us, it's an operational failure and we have to investigate what went wrong. we are in a very complex environment because hamas is shooting rockets at our people. since this operation started, about 1,500 rockets have been fired at israeli cities by hamas, and the other terrorist groups in gaza. they're barraging our open areas trying to kill our people. we are acting to defend, what is our problem, they...

Help. and i think only in the last, you know, maybe five, six years it's become -- even in my community, in the special operations community, it's become more acceptable to seek help and you're kind of not painted in a certain negative light. so i definitely think that there's a ton more that we could be doing to support these folks. not only when they come back from overseas in a combat environment, but helping them transition to civilian life. we're seeing one of the largest transitions from active duty to civilian life in many years in this country, and probably are at -- you know, over a d...

But if there's any doubt, is that the standard? if there's some doubt, then they don't award it? >> but they created the burden of doubt in this case, megyn. they actually created the doubt. there was of no doubt -- megyn: but the autopsy report. >> right. but the autopsy report can't tell you what a person does under extreme duress after being shot in a combat situation. and that's my point. that's why this panel is unprecedented in trying to look at an autopsy report after the body is already in the actual ground. that's not what you look to in the these cases. you look to the people that we...

That the navy has one goal and so does the marine corps. to keep america safe, to make sure that we can confront and defeat any threat in any environment that we face and america continues to be the greatest fighting force that the world sees in any combat environment. we know how tenuous and dangerous our supply of fuel is in the middle east. we've been fighting the war there for 10 years and the navy wants to be able to fight and win and protect america no matter what the fuel supply situation is overseas so they're investing early, the next generation american-made fuels to ensure our men a...