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Dinner and otherwise enjoy herself is in washington. i hope she and the family will do that after this very touching ceremony. vernon baker was an orphan, and grew up in father flanagan's boys town and grew up in a segregated america. he volunteered for the military even though he wasn't eligible as an african-american to serve and was in the first segregated combat unit to see duty in world war ii. so it's a very appropriate that we recognize his sacrifice and his leadership in helping us put discrimination and segregation behind us hopefully forever. >> not only do we want to lift up everyth...

66, surpassing last month's record of 60 u.s. troops killed. joining me live from kabul, afghanistan, nbc jim maceda. can you explain what the situation is like on the ground? >> reporter: hi, there, nice to be out of inbed and talking with you. as tragic as 66 deaths come in the month of you'll, this should come as no surprise. u.s. commanders have been warning for months that as they fought through the summer offensive, that it would be a tough fight and that there would be more casualties. we did just return yesterday from a two-week imbed with a combat unit of the storied 101st airborne di...

More violence targeting troops in afghanistan. three soldiers died in three separate attacks including one american. yesterday another american helicopter -- excuse me, american soldier died in a blast in the southern part of the country. the latest violence comes as sols hillary clinton heads for afghanistan. she's taking part in an international conference in kabul to talk about the many problems facing the country. the u.s. military bars women from a combat unit. a congresswoman wants to change that since women are getting shot anyway. she says that the policy acts as a glass ceiling. her...

Tours in iraq and one in afghanistan. he'd like to see this policy stand as is. eric massa is a naval academy graduate and retired navy commander. he thinks don't ask, don't tell should go away. he served during several global conflicts and was even the special assistant to the supreme allied commander of nato. gentlemen, good to see you both. >> good to be with you. >> good morning. >> congressman hunter, let's start with you. when you were in the military, and i know you have plenty of combat experience, you were in the fight right there in fallujah, iraq, when you were active, did anyone co...

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