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International story. >> here's what made meso proud. i thought not only -- this was a moment when local folks proved what community means. they know this community. they knew the streets, they knew where to get information about the people. and all along the way, they were careful to say this is what we know now. and now we're updating you to this point. it's something we're not sure about, they said that as well. no excuses. they made no excuses. they just went straight for telling people what they did know, what they didn't know. if a fast-moving situation, i thought they were brilliant. som...

Combat pay is tax-free. and when you're working in a civilian job, that's all sub to tax. many states don't tax military pay and that will be sub to tax. so there is a downgrade in the income, if the income is the same because of taxes. and secondly, if you are separated from service because for something other than retirement, you don't have access to commissaries anymore. so you have to pay what the rest of us are used to paying for your everyday expenses. >> what can some servicemen and women currently serving do to prepare for when they become civilians financially? >> i had some great sug...

Wanted to get somebody in the agency. it wasn't that she was joe wilson's wife, she was in the agency, she was fair game. >> patrick. >> all during this time, we're talking urabout the washington inside game, there were 4,400 american lives taking in iraq, which is the most important lesson learned. you can talk about the $3 trillion or the $4 trillion that this cost, but look at the treasure of our country, and you compare it against a backdrop of the history of these foelks who wanted to get us into this war and justify it every step of the way. can you imagine what it was like when i was th...

Poll numbers, with his high standing with republican polls not be invited to speak at cpac? >> it's a good question. cpac is a very important event. i do like to go there every year and cover it. i'll be asking for combat pay from msnbc to do so again this year. and it's an interesting question. for years now it has been cpac was essentially the voice of the republican party that had gone in this conservative direction. is that changing now? are people like chris christie going to push back against that? marco rubio could be a person who could, clearly. i expect him to see there at cpac. i wou...

Are the best of the best of the best and think of the professional athletes at the top of their game. training staff waiting on them, they're getting all their needs met and when they're done with their career they're out there, like you and me at anytime fitness waiting at their doctor's office in the regular world. and what's the big difference? that athlete was paid millions of dollars to do what they do. this navy seal made maybe 60 grand a year, plus some combat pay now he can't talk about what he did because it's all classified and walking into a civilian world can't talk about it, he's ...