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>> the university doesn't have to meet the same standard as the legal system. >> i think that's the problem. if you have paid a full tuition, over four years and you get expelled, as this person did at duke, two weeks before graduation for the accusation of a crime that was never really proved, then, you know -- >> again you're talking about one anecdote i don't know anything about. >> more broadly, clearly, this is a problem across the board. not just at duke university. it seems like almost all of these cases, the one thing that has always present is alcohol. so is that ultimately the root o...

Charge of all nuclear missiles. he too was fired recently for in his case, quote, personal misbehavior on an official trip to russia. the report on hi incident describes the general in charge of all of america's nuclear missiles going on a four-day drinking binge that started before the air delegation got to moscow. the air force's own investigation said the drunk general spent lots of time with suspicion foreign women who always just seemed to be around, including his long talks about physics with a woman who worked at a cigar store. seriously? yes, cigar store. all the while publicly boastin...

Counterfeit chips. who cares, right? unless you're the number two guy in charge of waging nuclear war on behalf of the united states of america and some enterprising chinese spy has found a way to blackmail you over your counterfeit gambling chips thing. then yes, we all have a very, very big problem. the downgrading of america's nuclear security rating did not even account for what came to light soon thereafter involving the air force general who's in charge of all nuclear missiles. he too was fired recently for in his case, quote, personal misbehavior on an official trip to russia. the repor...

Removed from his post after he went on a womanizing and drinking binge in russia. >> the job is extremely stressful. any command position is an extremely pressured job because it's the air fighting element of the air force. >> the junior officers, the ones deep inside these silos, the people with their hands on the switches face the pressures of staying proficient jeffrey was a nuclear missileer. >> 24 hours or more underground, days where it could go to 48, 72, you're under the ground. there's no opportunity to take a break or take a run. it's a tedious nature of the job. >> aside from the di...

Uh-huh. there's councillor ford knocking an elderly cocouncillor off her feet during the meeting yesterday. he said it was an accident. he later apologized for it. but there you have it. this morning on the "today" show he decided to take to the cameras again. this time live. dodging a question about how he could possibly handle a major emergency, like say a terrorist attack if he was on a drinking binge as he's admitted to doing in the past. >> i'm very fortunate that hasn't happened. it's very few isolated incidents that it's happened. and you're right. i'm fortunate that that hasn't happene...