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Pilots, tammie jo shults, brought the plane down safely. she was a navy fighter pilot before. and so many were moved by these images. the pilot immediately going back into the cabin when they landed, hugging the passengers. martha raddatz tonight on the pilot, and how passengers are now describing her. >> reporter: as one of the first women to fly navy fighter jets, tammie jo shults had exactly the kind of training for just this kind of emergency. unflappable and deliberate, guiding her crippled jet in for a landing. >> yes, sir. we're single engine descending, have a fire. >> reporter: once s...

And if you look at the short-term, it's just not encouraging. they got stronger. they actually reconquered land they had lost previously in the last 12 months. >> yeah, and that had to do, i think, with the change in strategy. you had american forces fighting the taliban as combat units. now we've pulled back to this advise and assist mission. and that's obviously not working. we've seen the taliban resurge and take back territory they lost. now the united states is implementing another tactic. they're going to create another advisory. these are not real specialists in training and advising. n...

Vietnam maintain its independence and not fall under the domination of the communists. >> kennedy lied to the public and congress saying we would need only advisers, even though his own military experts told him that south vietnam would be lost without an immediate commitment of american combat units. >> we still seek no wider war. >> i now saw that johnson was continuing a pattern of presidential lying. each president wanted to avoid the stigma of losing indoe china to communist on his watch. it wasn't that we were on the wrong side. we were the wrong side. it was a crime from the start carri...

And the congress, saying we would need only advisers, even though his only military experts told him south vietnam would be lost without an immediate commitment of american combat units. >> we still seek no wider war. >> i now saw johnson was continuing a pattern of presidential lying. each president wanted to avoid the stigma of losing indochina on their watch. it wasn't that we were on the wrong side, we were the wrong side. it was a crime carried out from the star by fourpresidents. and now a fifth president was doing the same with no end in sight. the hundreds of thousands we were killing ...

Americans. >> when policy was changed we had a plan which was implemented. a number of women in marine divisions increased almost to 1000. the marine corps running 9% of the forces, the number of women in combat units is small, we have our first infantry officer and artillery, quite frankly talking to the units out there, they are out there doing their job, they are marines and we expect them to perform. jillian: thank you for your time this afternoon. we hope to check back with you soon. stick with us, much more from the reagan national defense forum on fox news this weekend, tune in today at...