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And one of the things i always talk about, and i write about, too, is how if we look to the experiences of soldiers and police, these are the same kinds of things, these are the realities that soldiers and police deal with. in a combat situation, certain things that grab their attention and they really get burned in. other things they weren't noticing that tunnel vision that don't get in. we have these expectations we put on people who have been sexually assaulted. that we might not put on a police officer if they were involved in a shooting. or we might not put on a soldier if he just came ba...

They said that, well, we just felt like we were killing vermin. they'd pull the trigger by somehow tricking themselves to think that they're not killing a human, they're killing an animal. the captain and lieutenant callie did not do anything to stop them. they had lost it themselves. it was a complete failure. >> the white house is acutely aware that the my lai scandal could bring about a disastrous withering away of public support for the vietnam war and for mr. nixon's plans for a staged withdrawal of american forces. >> what happened in the my lai case was not a combat situation. he shot i...

They don't tell you how long it's going to take to get there. in the past it's taken about a week. we have assets further down south at qatar, flyover rights over iraq wouldn't be too difficult. you could violate them. he talked about the f-35. that would be the first time they use the f-35 in a combat situation. they've used the f-22 which is a stealth fighter. here's the issue, though. if you send off fighters from the truman, those don't have stealth capability. and everyone here at the pentagon for the last six years has recognized syria as something called an integrated air defense. that ...

You're pleading not guilty i take it. >> yes, ma'am, i'm pleading not guilty. >> what is your statement? >> my statement is that i'm not at the door, i did not spit, i did not throw anything. >> okay. the video does show you throwing something on the officer. i'm going to find you guilty of that. year ds. and take 09 -- 90 days. you can appeal it based on that. >> yes. can i have the picture? >> the picture there is yours and the paper there is yours. >> the decision means collins is back in the intensive detention unit for at least another year. and he will also lose 90 days of good time he e...

And get some answers. our team was honored and humbled to be one of special forces team from the special forces group task force dagger sent in to do that special mission. >> but the horses proved to be a great asset to us. steve: mobility. >> absolutely mobility. steve: whose idea was that? >> well, the very first morning in the country the general come riding up on horseback, you know, and we realized pretty quickly we asked him to take us closer to the enemy on the first day after he briefed us the situation and six of my team mounted horseback for the first time and four hours with him thr...