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Every time i came back, it was partying more, partying harder, drinking more. the more i deployed, the more i got in excess. >> how much combat did you see? >> shoot. i've got four combat tours and a total of 50 months in combat, quite a bit. definitely a lot of close calls. a lot of explosions. we took a lot of ieds, a lot of mortar fire, a lot of rocketfire. a couple of good friends of mine got killed. one was a suicide bomber. and then, shoot, that was a really bad tour. i've never really been able to talk about it. i don't know. i guess i probably should at some time, but i always back mys...

Accident. >> i see the pattern. every time i came back, it was partying more, partying harder, drinking more. the more i deployed, the more i got in excess. >> how much combat did you see? >> shoot. i've got four combat tours and a total of 50 months in combat, quite a bit. definitely a lot of close calls. a lot of explosions. we took a lot of ieds, a lot of mortar fire, a lot of rocketfire. a couple of good friends of mine got killed. one was a suicide bomber. and then, shoot, that was a really bad tour. i've never really been able to talk about it. i don't know. i guess i probably should at ...

I'm glad you did. when he was talking about senator mccain and said he wasn't pay war hero after spending five years in prison camp and rejecting release, i knew it was a joke. he probably -- you could tell donald felt bad about it. what bothered me and still bugs me are people that are supporting trump and think it's okay that he said that. they think that -- if it was -- if it was a left winger saying something about chris kyle, they would have gone crazy. pelosi or reed, they would have gone nuts. they're giving donald trump a pass on this. to me -- am i exaggerating this? is this something...

>> you bring up trump. i'm glad you did. when he was talking about senator mccain and said he wasn't pay war hero after spending five years in prison camp and rejecting release, i knew it was a joke. he probably -- you could tell donald felt bad about it. what bothered me and still bugs me are people that are supporting trump and think it's okay that he said that. they think that -- if it was -- if it was a left winger saying something about chris kyle, they would have gone crazy. pelosi or reed, they would have gone nuts. they're giving donald trump a pass on this. to me -- am i exaggerating ...

Under way there. and there's still intense fighting there tonight. iraqi forces not able to exercise control over these areas. the trouble is when you look at the map of iraq and syria, isis-controlled areas, it hasn't changed much in the last couple of months. even with the u.s.-led air campaign even with more forceful efforts by iraqi forces. that shows just how difficult it's going to be not just to keep them from maintaining forward momentum but to push them back. and, remember when you look at mosul up here which is really their key holding, that battle has been pushed back as far as next...