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Of congress and demand that they stand up for that women and girls out there who will never have an organization defending and fighting for them like gun rights groups or other organizations. we need to stand up for our wives, our daughters, our sisters, our mothers. >> tucker: it cannot be a social experiment. it has to exist to defend the country. anyone who is effective in doing that should be serving in a combat unit. and so i agree with you completely. thanks so much for coming on. >> thanks, tucker. god bless. >> tucker: so this summer, we went to hungary to take a look at ate country wh...

Troops, to help with the evacuation of americans there on the ground. >> reporter: we know that one of the set of troops sent in along this 5,000 u.s. forces group, had they were a combat unit for one specific reason because when you look at the equation that we're dealing with right now, eric and arthel, it is a recipe for disaster. the taliban has freed thousands of taliban insurgents and al-qaida fighters, many who fought against the americans over the past 20 years. many of them have a personal vendetta against american forces who are back on the ground, assisting with this operation to sa...

Nuclear reactors on an aircraft carrier, we're simultaneously conducting strikes into iraq and afghanistan, i'm supervising the operation of eight nuclear reactors, i didn't turn to the reactor operator next to me, say, are you a democrat, a republican? we had a mission to accomplish. i think that that idea of, you know, this is not a partisan issue. i think it is an issue of doing the thing that is right and i understand for myself, this could very well be a political liability, but i came to congress to do what was right. the people in my district sent me to washington to make hard choices, ...

We've had two of these retreats already, bring together combat unit and unit retreats. va provide resiliency training. rebuild accountability they have as combat unit and camaraderie. make sure they understand they are not alone. senior leadership of the combat units, you know what, it is already to not be all right. it is all right to seek the help you need. since we've done two so far, we've gotten eight guys who started to seek va and department of defense mental health help. >> that is very good. here is a question, captain carey, it will be easier to access services that veteran affairs h...

Class, you are still in -- you are with guys still serving. is this a crisis you are seeing from the active component as well? >> absolutely it is. but it is something that the, you know, the community itself, the department of defense, the army is really combating in collaboration with all the agencies and now the private sector. so i think the focus and really with this executive order the focus of all these different agencies combined going to combat this epidemic of suicide. pete: some veterans are starting an issue called operation resiliency. part of this part of the independence joined ...