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A graduate of west point, general shinseki served two combat tours in vietnam where he lost part of his foot and was awarded two purple hearts and three bronze stars. throughout his nearly four decades in the united states army, he won the respect and admiration of our men and women in uniform because they have always been his highest priority. >> you can tell from no gray hair. that was 5 1/2 years ago. president obama nominating eric shinseki to be secretary of veterans affairs. president spent most of that speech talking about general shinseki's four decades in the u.s. army. he was a gener...

Now, that's progressive. a graduate of west point, general shinseki served two combat tours in vietnam where he lost part of his foot and was awarded two purple hearts and three bronze stars. throughout his nearly four decades in the united states army, he won the respect and admiration of our men and women in uniform because they have always been his highest priority. >> you can tell from no gray hair. that was 5 1/2 years ago. president obama nominating eric shinseki to be secretary of veterans affairs. president spent most of that speech talking about general shinseki's four decades in th...

Anything happen to you. it would be nice to feel the same to know that our politicians have our back and we are, even after we have completed our service. >> you know, it's interesting. during the break i got an email from someone a navy veteran who served the san diego area and lived there he said he has made the same traffic mistake at least twice and others do as well. so for a simple mistake since march 31st, sergeant tahmooressi is sitting in a prison. unbelievable. >> it is unbelievable, greta. the only thing i can think of is maybe a possible liberal backlash if he goes to the aid of a ...

U.s. marine being detained in mexico said he was tortured and abused. his name is andrew and he says he's being treated better now that his story has attracted more attention, but says his first month in jail was a nightmare. >> mexican officials arrested him after he drove across the border with guns. he said it was an accident and cnn nick valencia has more. >> reporter: this was andrew days before his arrest living at a friend's house in san diego, looking for emotional support after two combat tours in afghanistan. >> we noticed the problems face-to-face where he was just acting distant an...

Treatment seem os to be improving after cnn highlighted his story. we spoke with andrew tahmooressi. living at a friend's house in san diego, looking for emotional support after two combat tours in afghanistan. >> we noticed, you know, the problems face to face where he was just acting distant and, you know, we could tell it was a clear sign of ptsd. >> but other the course of the month his friends said things started to look up until the night of march 31st. he parked his car on the u.s. side and crossed to mexico to patronize a restaurant popular to marines. then he got in his car and made a...