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The show. >> i think many of the claims he made are ludicrous.llowed with l to secretary of state john kerry. >> we will never recognize russia's illegal occupation of crimea and neither will the world. >> reporter: roughly 150 u.s. paratroopers from the 173 rd combat team based in italy will carry out exercises with nato ally poland. the pentagon will deploy another 450 u.s. paratroopers to other countries in the coming day. f 15 and 16 fighter jets were sent poland in recent weeks. >> what would be very helpful if they removed their forces off that border and took concrete actions to respect...

Japanese-american troops, members of the 442nd combat team most decorated unit, received medals of honor and there have been other reviews of the record down through the years most notably in 1918. from time to time, it's worth while to look at the record. >> and was it the case in your experience here you were a jewish american in vietnam war. in the past years were there others discriminated against because of being hispanic or african-american who did not get reported up by their commanders for these honors. >> not that i know of. not that in my units in any case. i know of other circumstan...

States of america authorized by act of congress march 3rd, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to cap tain william dswenson yuts states army for the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as anvisor in support of the command battalion third brigrade combat division on september 8th, 2009. on that morning more than 60 well armed well positioned enemy fighters ambushed his combat team as it moved on foot for a meeting with village eldered.

Tul welcome back. she served in hawaii and was deployed to iraq. he was an infantry pla foon leader with the 101st airborne. both were elected to congress this past november and both are with me now democratic congressman tulsi gabbard of hawaii and republican congressman tom cotton of arkansas, thank you both for coming here with your particular brand of expertise and i want to ask you looking at the war now and how you felt about it when you first touched down in iraq and how you feel about it now, is there a difference? >> well, i'll start out here. when i was activated for duty, it was a...

Today a u.s. brack hawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan with four u.s. troops aboard. neither the casualties associated with the crash or cause of the crash is clear at this point. it's not known if the blackhawk crashed due to weather or mechanical failure or shot down by enemy fire. yesterday, the news from afghanistan was dominated by this revelation from the "las angeles times." a u.s. soldier reportedly a member of the 82nd combat team turned over to the "l.a. times" 18 photos of his fellow soldiers in afghanistan. they said he was a whistle-blower who wanted to show a breakdow...