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>> we are not here today for us. we are here today for those soldiers to get back combat status. get the combat benefits, the medical help that they need. that's why we're here today. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. let'go places, safely.

They want these victims to be treated with the same sort of combat status as those men and women who were here in the pentagon, who were hurt and wounded when the terrorists attacked on september 11. it's a small pin, but the fight to award it has big implications for how the u.s. defines an act of terrorism. >> as we've seen anything is possible. we are at war. >> reporter: some in congress want to award the purple heart to victims of the fort hood shooting of 2009. the wounded soldiers and the 12 troops killed, including a teenage private and a pregnant soldier heading home for maternity lea...

Unfortunately if our intel was that bad that's one thing. the second thing is somebody lied to the american people and we deserve to know who. megyn: this will almost certainly come up tonight at the vice presidential debate. dana perino, see you on "the five." coming up next. lance armstrong. was it all a lie? "kelly's court" is next. eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. you know the giants don't have a mascot right mom? [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right.

Disgraceful. our soldiers put their lives online, so -- megyn: as i was preparing for this segment today, i saw some outrage online about that because somebody pointed out that the president took time to call sandra fluke who had been criticized by a radio host for something she said, but he didn't, you know, he never called your husband, a man who's been serving this country, was shot six times by a guy conspiring with a terrorist. you know, is there any way of rectifying the larger picture here, autumn, which is to get this redesignated and get combat status recognized here? >> all this admi...

Her husband and others deserve combat status just like 9/11 victims at the pentagon received. combat status makes them eligible for purple hearts and other benefits. so far the government has denied this to them, so now she's taking her message to twitter, earlier writing, quote: >> reporter: and telling a fellow vet's wife, quote, this administration will not continue to sweep us under the rug. pete is the ceo of concerned veterans for america. hi, pete. >> hi. alisyn: so autumn manning has been expressing her great frustration on social media, on twitter, and she wants her husband and others...