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Your own web site. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> first the small picture then the big picture. that day, that time, your son. what bothers you about the events that took place prior to the chinook being shot down? >> they went in on an antiquated national guard helicopter. 3 1/2 hour operation had been underway. no preassault fire was laid down for that chopper as it went in. even though some people in theater have told us that the landing zone was so hot that the seals were pretty sure that two choppers couldn't even make it in, so they all board one chopper. after the chopper was ...

>> is senatosenator, it does so that you do believe some way, somehow, either through u.s. directed or u.s. executed, that air strips in syria need to be taken out because iran brings in supplies that way. you think perhaps you ought to be able to ground bashar al assad's air weapons and perhaps a safe zone in northern syria, all of which a lot of folks say should happen. it sounds to me as though you are for those things. >> well, i'm certainly for giving the vetted, moderate elements of the syrian opposition the wherewithal to have a fighting chance to lead us to a better political solution ...

If assad continues to have unlimited air power and artillery, that's a hard battle to win against simple arms. >> senator, it does sound to me that you do believe some way, somehow, either u.s. directed or u.s. executed, that air strips in syria need to be taken out because iran brings in supplies that way. you think perhaps you ought to be able to ground bashar al assad's air weapons and perhaps a safe zone in northern syria, all of which a lot of folks say should happen. it sounds to me as though you are for those things. >> well, i'm certainly for giving the vetted, moderate elements of the...

Best to crush this rebellion. i can tell you in the past couple of days, victor, i've been going around damascus where some districts are actually in the hands of opposition. but the syrian fighters, the pro-government fighters, they have never is seen them more confident than they are right now. of course, that has to do with the fact that the syrian military is making a push right now. they've never talked to me openly or seemed more confident now than they are. but of course, they all know that all of that could change very quickly if the u.s. getting heavily involved in this conflict. smal...

General david petraeus, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is apologizing for a nato air strike that killed 9 afghan children yesterday. in a statement petraeus said we are deeply sorry for this tragedy and apologized to members of the afghan government, the people of afghanistan and most importantly, the surviving family members of those killed by our actions. these deaths should have never happened. i will personally apologize to president karzai. military officials attributed the error to faulty communication as an air weapons team responded to an attack on a nato base. however, the stri...