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They suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. governor, this was a guy who was highly decorated and enlisted after 9/11 to protect and save his country. he was injured with a brain injury, traumatic brain injury. he lost part of his foot in another injury while the at war. he had three combat tours, they told him no fourth combat, no way. and the night before they sent him to afghanistan. i mean, this is a guy who has been through hell and we all know war is hell. and this case is going to be very symbolic. because, the afghans did not want this guy taken out of the country. they want quick...

And that the administration is going full throttle and it's very important right now for him to have the best defense he can possibly get. given the fact that this, i believe, will be a death penalty case as sure as i'm sitting here. 16 civilians, some of them children, burned. >> mike: this is horrible, there's no way to describe the heinous nature on it. this is a guy who has had four combat tours, a defense that will help him avoid a death penalty. >> certainly, the defense will bring up the post traumatic stress disorder, but the question is whether or not ptsd rises to the level of insani...

Afghanistan. the defense team for army staff sergeant robert bales will meet their client for the first time face to face today inside ft. leavenworth's military prison. attorney john henry brown suggested that bales' repeated combat tours may be key to his defense. >> there's a lot of people asking questions about why someone with his sort of injuries was sent back to the middle east. >> in terms of repeated deployment, the one-year delay and turnaround, is that going to be a point you think the defense will raise? >> of course. >> that voice, that's nbc's john yang. he's live at the prison i...

Deserves with megan. just a process, that's all. >> judge jeanine: you wrote a book and i was looking at it i'mre the show started and 77' an animal lover and you wrote a book about rex. why do you think he is so special? >> well, all our military dogs are special because they he go through so much. but rex served a very long time. he has done three combat tours. i wanted to write the book to bring awareness to all military dogs and what we go through in combat and the bond that we developed but rex specifically his three tours were in really bad area from 2004 to 2006. he has seen a lot of co...

Our young men and women. they suffer from post traum attic tress disorder. he enlisted after 9/11. he was injured with a brain injury, traumatic brain injury and lost part of his foot in another injury at war . he had three combat tours and told him no fourth and night before they send him to afghanistan, i moon- mean, this guy is been throughh hell and this case is symbolic. because the afghans didn't want him taken out. they want quick and certain justice. americans brought him out to kuwait and they went crazy and they now have him in fort leaven worth. the question is. with what happened t...