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Received a silver star and a bronze medal for his air combat control in fire fights. a lot of hugs and kisses and, of course, tears. it is tough when loved ones get sent overseas. about 50 members of the south carolina international guards are making history. the unit is sending f-16 fighter jets, pilots and support crews to southwest asia to support the military effort in iraq tichlts the first contingent that left yesterday. >> it is going to be really tough, really tough. i've always been there for all my kids, all four of them when they were born. i've never left them. >> we are proud of...

Evacuating their families. more than 50 people were slaughtered this weekend. general barry mccalfry served as drug czar during the clinton administration. the real danger is cartel and drug trafficking leading to these fire fights and shootouts. how dangerous is it for americans now in mexico? >> pretty dangerous. juarez alone, more than 2500 murdered last year. 18,000 dead. were it not for the mexican army. i think mexico would be close to approaching a failed state. 225 soldiers and marines are all that stands between them and total lack of internal security. >> what can the united states d...

Challenges in terms of afghan security forces? >> first of all, thanks for having me, david. stan mcchrystal went down to marjah and reported back to secretary gates this morning that 1 days into the operation, everything is on track thus far. indeed, the afghan flag is flying. u.s., coalition and afghan forces are in and around that entire area. it is not yet completely secure but there have been no fire fights over the past five days. markets are open. commerce is flowing. the key now, as you mentioned, is to get the afghan government structure up and working in marjah so that the afghan peo...

Because of the tea party, something that they are so happy with because of the enthusiasm could end up biting them in the foot in november, david. very interesting and a lot of folks are quite apprehensive up here about this. >> yeah, fascinating dynamic. it will be interesting to see how that plays out between the establishment gop and tea partiers. luke, thanks as always. general stanley mcchrystal in afghanistan has made his first visit to marjah since liberated by u.s. marines and coalition forces last week. after nearly two weeks of intense fire fights, u.s.-led forces removed taliban i...

Short list of vice presidential candidates. bayh was leading in the polls. come november democrats are facing a difficult mid-term election and we are seeing an ex-oh dozen from democrats from congress. why is senator bayh leaving the senate? who will replace him and could he challenge president obama for higher office? >> there is new information out of afghanistan. taliban snipers targeting u.s. marines on the ground in multiple fire fights *. they are working to reclaim the southern region of that country. specifically the town of marjah, one of the taliban's last big strongholds. it's the ...