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killing three soldiers in the country's southern helmand province. >> cnn's chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to kill them for some time. u.s. military officials are now confirming that part of the detail. but ag...

And some of the division headquarters, the gladiators. on before of a grateful nation, welcome home. of course, our thoughts and prayers are with general campbell, command sergeant and all the screaming eagles and troops still risking their lives in theater and i am pleased that ann campbell and marla schroeder and inspiring military spouses are here. we are grateful to you. god bless you. thank you very much. this happens to be military spouse appreciation day.

Noncommissioned officer in afghanistan. command sergeant, thank you for your time. it's an honor to have you here. >> it's good to be here. >> let me ask you about the friendly fire incident richard was talking ability. i'm not a military expert. it seems there are a bunch of different, simple things that try to prevent friendly fire incidents from reflective patches and tape to gps beacons, that sort of thing. how is it that the afghan troops weren't identified as friendlies? >> we sent an assessment team out. the system is in place. for whatever reason, the system didn't work. we killed frie...

Income? >> honestly, i don't know. and that's not really for me to say. this all started just to let my friend know that we are all here for her and that she has so many people that care about her. whether she financially needed it or not i'm sure any family that loses a loved one, i'm sure that it hits them hard, you know, financially and emotionally. >> greta: kara and tim, thank you for joining us, as you might imagine we are all deeply distressed about the 26 lives lost this month not to mention all the others. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: now to senator ...