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Food to this combat outpost so these guys can eat here. today, however, thanks giving turkey, stuffing, potatoeses, everything was flown in on a helicopter, so they actually got a warm, good meal. and i'm happy to be joined here by private first class timothy strong who's here serving in afghanistan to talk a little bit about what thanksgiving is like here at combat outpost nevada. >> it's been an eventful day, a lot of activity, a lot of insurgents, so it's nice to sit downith the family we've got here even though we can't be back home and, you know, just the share good times with the guys th...

we're standing here with cops and firefighters whose jobs are threatened because states an communities are cutting back. this bill will keep cops on the beat and firefighters on call. so let's pass this bill so that these men and women with continue protecting our neighborhoods like they do every single day. i'm standing with construction workers. we've got roads that need work all over the country. our highways are backed up with traffic. our airports are clogged. and there are millions of unemployed construction workers who can rebuild them so let's pass this bill so road crews and...

that is simply nonsense. instead of bizarre conspiracy theories, the arab world needs to focus on the dire statistics they highlighted almost a decade ago. the arab spring is a first step for those countries that it has touched. but it needs to be a spring board for 300 million arabs to look deep within and address the fundamentals that the leaders have neglected for decades. education, women's rights and economic reforms, jobs and real freedom. and we will be right back. >> it was a form of hysteria. we'll look back in disbelief of what we've done in the last ten years. it's astonis...

the attack and what it means to them professionally as well as personally, t.j. >> all right. also a reminder on this day as well, suzanne, of what they are fighting for. there was an attack in eastern afghanistan. tell us about that. >> reporter: you're right, because there's a certain sense of anxiety, anticipation, what to expect today, if there was going to be retaliation. it happened on the eve of september 11th. it was just last night about 5:30 local time. we are told it happened about 60 miles west where we are. it was a combat outpost, a truck bomb that exploded, two afghan ...

>> this is miserable. >> this is video those soldier took just days before the battle. >> doesn't this look fun? go army. >> the 49 soldiers digging in by hand, trying to establish a new combat outpost in a village called wanat, the afghan contractor responsible for bringing heavy equipment had not shown up. >> there's people up here, they want to shoot at us. is what is happening. >> the company was warned the taliban was planning an attack, and that is exactly what happened. jonathan brostram was the platoon leader often his last trip home, a surprise visit for