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He doesn't have to confer with the pentagon before he does it. i have no idea what decision making process he went through before he came to that decision. i do know this, both in the armed services committee on which i serve and the rules committee on which i serve, we had some legitimate concerns raised about how you care for someone in a combat situation who has either just undergone gender reassignment surgery or who's getting ready to go through it. they've got hormone therapy they have to go through. there are some legitimate practical problems here. i know secretary mattis was trying to...

Could bring about a disastrous withering away public support for the vietnam war and mr. nixon's plans for a staged withdrawal of ameran forces. >> what happened in the my lai case was not a combat situation. he shot in cold blood old men, women and children and we as a country fail to recognize an act of cold-blooded murder, then we are no better than -- >> why not convict the battalion commander of --. >> why not. >> hold on. hold on. >> secretary of defense, every single one of them that put the man in vietnam should be standing there saying, i am guilty, too. that's how i feel. every one o...

Veteran. so, for you it felt like a combat situation? >> it really did, except i didn't have armor or a weapon myself, and i didn't have the infantry with me, but we did have the capitol police, who did an outstanding job, tremendous bravery. this man was calculated. he knew what he wanted to do. he knew how to pin us down. i believe he had been there before. we've heard he had been in the area for a couple of months, and so, he knew where the only exit to the ball field was, and it seemed like he had a mission to carry out. and fortunately for all of us, we are fortunate that he did not succe...

>> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. officials have officially named the attacker, james t. hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from belleville, illinois. around 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning, he opened fire on that ball field full of members of congress. the first call to the alexandria police came at 7:09, and just three minutes later, local police officers responded to what the local police chief later called a combat situation. fbi special agent tim slater saying that hodgkinson had been living here in alexandria in his van since march. he also called on members of the public -- in fact, the...

He is james t. hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from belleville, illinois. around 7:00 on wednesday morning, he opened fire on that ball field full of members of congress. the first call to the alexandria police came at 7:09, and just three minutes later, local police officers responded to what the local police chief later called a combat situation. fbi special agent tim slater saying that hodgkinson had been living here in alexandria in his van since march. he also called on members of the public -- in fact, they published a flyer asking anyone to come forward with any sort of information specifical...