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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100906:15:59:00

i can one with one. >> dan's left leg, amputated above the knee. his right at the hip. a year after the attack. >> it's a bit frustrating. i wake up every morning and i go, maybe it was all a dream and i think about just swinging my legs over the edge of the bed and hopping into the shower. but so far it hasn't come true. so then i just go, oh, crap. back to that. >> reporter: here in walter reid, dan, now a captain, knows pain is the price of progress. ask his physical therapist, his recovery is faster than anyone predicted. >> time wise, i think it's remarkable. from the very beginning, he's been one of those guys that he gets frustrated, and he's determined to make it work. >> dan is taking his rehab step by step. and as he remembers that day in afghanistan, this georgia native says he wouldn't have wished it any other way. >> quite honestly, if it hadn't been me walking through those orchards in afghanistan, it

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100906:16:00:00

would have been some other 25-year-old infantry lieutenant. really, i have no regrets. >> no regrets. >> yeah, no regrets. and i apologize, because i have to double-check in my head. but, yeah, i've thought about it quite a bit. and i really don't think i have any regrets. >> reporter: so what's next for dan in terms of his progress going into the future and his rehab at walter reid? he told me he doesn't really know. he really has to take it day to day. he's a smart guy, though, and he's hoping going on, go to grad school, possibly get his mba, possibly in the prosthetics injury. his brother set up this thorough blog with pictures and progress at walter reid. in fact, he's met all kinds of people, all the way from the president to jon stewart from "the daily show." and he would tell you, dan realizes he is lucky to be alive. brooke baldwin, cnn, atlanta. you know, the defense department says more than 30,000 american troops have been wounded in iraq. 7,000 more in afghanistan.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100906:15:57:00

afghanistan is far from over for thousands of injured american troops. cnn's brooke baldwin spoke with one of the soldiers about his life-changing injuries and his recovery at walter reid army medical center. >> reporter: afghanistan. taliban's stronghold. one of the most dangerous assignments for troops and dan's new home one month into his deployment. >> people were ambivalent, at best, and outwardly hostile, most commonly. rocks and thumbs down, middle finishing, up. >> reporter: from his first mission outside the wire this west point graduate realized every day had the potential to be deadly. >> my very first mission, i watched three ieds go off in succession on a group. so from the very first day, it was game on, this place is not friendly, let's keep ourselves off the road as much as possible. >> reporter: to keep off the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100906:15:58:00

road, soldiers would stick to dirt trails, even orchards, where his platoon was patrolling on august 18th of last year. >> we heard an explosion. you could see the dust rise up over the trees. >> an ied had been triggered, and soon after, another explosion. two men were killed. dan, unscathed, had to hold the area, so they could search for the bodies, come daylight. and as he was walking down a trail, steps from his compound, another blast. >> i don't really remember a sound or a flash. i just remember a pressure. but immediately i knew what had happened. then the next thing i know, i'm just opening my eyes, in a bright room in the emergency room at walter reid. i didn't understand the gravity of my injuries. >> reporter: who told you, the doctor? >> they tell you, but it doesn't sink in until you have the mental clearty to look.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100904:14:53:00

over. for thousands of injured american troops, brooke baldwin spoke with a recovering soldier. >> reporter: taliban strong hold, one of the most dangerous assignments for u.s. troops and dan's new home. one month into his deployment. >> people were ambivalent at best and outwardly hostile most commonly. rocks and thumbs down, middle fingers up. >> reporter: from his first mission outside the wire, he realized every day had the potential to be deadly. >> my very first mission, i watched three ieds go off in succession. so it was like, hey, game on. this place is not friendly. let's try to keep ourselves off the road as much as possible. >> reporter: to keep off the road, soldiers would stick to dirt trails, even orchards. that's why his platoon was

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100904:14:54:00

patrolling on august 18th of last year. >> we heard an explosion. >> reporter: an ied had been triggered and soon after, another. two were killed. dan had to hold the area so they could search for the bodies come daylight. and as he was walking down a trail, steps from his compound, another blast. >> i don't really remember a sound or a flash. i just remember a pressure. but immediately i knew what had happened. and the next thing i know, i'm opening my eyes in a bright room in the icu here at walter reed. i didn't even understand the gravity of my injuries. >> reporter: who told you, the doctor is th doctor? >> they tell you, but it doesn't sink in until you have the clarity to lift your sheets and look. >> reporter: dan's left leg amputated above the knee.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100904:14:56:00

>> reporter: no regrets? >> yeah, no regrets. and i pause because it's kind of -- i have to double check in my head. but, yeah, i've thought about it quite a bit and i really don't think i have any regrets. >> reporter: on what's next for dan? he told me he really has to take his recovery there at walter reed day to day. he does hope to get on graduate school, possibly get his mb afternoon. and if you want to learn more about dan, his brothers maintain this pretty thorough blog with pictures from christmas, from when he's met the president at walter reed, even to meeting jon stewart. but he would tell yyou that he s lucky to be alive. coming up here, a major earthquake in new zealand. the country's second largest city is hit and now they are cleaning up today. but the amazing part, we don't have deaths to tell you about in this rubble. we'll detail it all for you. nice calculator. i'm just trying to save money on my car insurance.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100904:14:55:00

his right at the hip. a year after the attack -- >> it's a bit frustrating. i wake up every morning and i go maybe it was all a dream and i think about just swinging my legs over the edge of the bet and hop manage to the shower, but so far it hasn't come true. so then i just go, oh, crap, back to that. >> reporter: here at walter reed dan knows pain is the price of progress. ask his physical therapist, his recovery is faster than anyone predicted. >> time wise, i think it's remarkable. from the very beginning, he's been one of those guys that he gets frustrated and he's determined to make it work. >> reporter: dan is taking his rehab step by step. and as he remembers that day in afghanistan, this georgia native says he wouldn't have wished it any other way. >> quite honestly, if it hadn't been me walking through those orchards in afghanistan, it would have been some other 5-year-old. really i have no regrets. i think it was worth while.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100904:18:06:00

bank for long-term spending. that won't help before the november 2nd election. >> paul: and bonds and-- >> that's a good headline. in the short-term they'll move to a payroll tax cut and affect everyone including poor est americans. >> paul: temporary, not permanent, but temporary to boost hiring. >> demand. >> paul: and get the jobless rate down immediately, but do businesses change their behavior, dan, based on temporary tax cuts? >> no, i don't ng they do, paul. look, the businesses are run by owners and the owners are the people who pay the taxes or talk to the tax accountant and are acutely aware of this subject an and as i've said they've lived with this range of rates for the last decade and now the who ite house there's going to be a set of brakes for them that may last a little while and may not last permanently. if you're trying to manage your business in this economy, and you have to make plans to commit to hire people through the long-term, i don't think that's a strong enough incentive. >> you won't hire them for a year, if you have to lay them

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100903:14:58:00

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