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And it's not knowable in a formal sense. but let's think about it this way. when veterans come back from iraq, they feel like no one can understands what they've been through other than men like themselves and women like them who have been in these combat situations. there may be something very similar with these women where they need each other and the connection with each other to feel understood. how can any of us understand what it is like to be in it that horrible situation? the reality is, we really can't, but we can empathize and they have to learn to accept that empat empathy. what we ...

Bottom of the hour. well, a lot of reaction, new reaction on this sunday after the pentagon lifted the ban on women in combat. defense secretary leon pa net making that announcement last week opening up thousands of front lines and potentially elite commando job opportunities to women in the military. our steve centanni is live with the news tonight in washington. steve, what is the argument against women serving in combat. >> well, people say it could lead to problems with unit cohesion and combat readiness, but with the stroke of a pen last week, as you mentioned, harris, outgoing panetta ma...

Don't belong in the military at all and much less in combat zones and i wasn't sure if they would ever be prepared, but once we were serving for a while and i went in combat foot patrols and realized the only thing that mattered was to help them accomplish the mission i started to think, okay, maybe some day down the road eventually things will change and these young guys as they move up into leadership positions having served alongside women in combat they may be ready for this type of change and here we are today. that change is happening. >> colonel, here ate thing. women in combat situatio...

The extraordinary sacrifice of our men and women, the lives lost, the casualties, the treasure that's been invested, we are there trying to help the afghans have freedom and apparently some taliban or taliban sympathizers are doing outrageous things. this is in the a time for the president of the united states to be apologize to go afghanistan. >> he made a mistake? do you think he should be asking karzai for an apology for the death of american soldiers? >> certainly if this comes from, if you will, karzai's people, if this comes from members of the security forces of afghanistan, of course, ...

With the u.s. officials considering releasing afghan detainees as an incentive to bring taliban to peace talks, senator mccain calls that a dangerous and desperate move. >> the release of prisoners takes place after you reach an agreement. not before. >> this is a crazy idea. >> shutting down the facility has proven to be challenging. >> they have a desire to close guantanamo bay. but what do you do with the detainees there? the high value detainees or the high level detainees? >> whitman and colleagues say the department of defense and the intelligence community should carefully study key fac...