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All. look at gary powers u-2 spy plane out over russia 1960, released in '62. it was begun under eisenhower, ended under kennedy. i mean, we weren't about to send him home -- or they weren't about to send him home, the russians, on an air flat first class line. i mean, we had to negotiate. we had to give up somebody that we wanted in prison in order to get gary powers back. this has been going on, it's the way business is done. >> is this different? >> this is very different. i think, first of all instead of a one for one exchange you're getting a five for one exchange. the message president o...

But today the military awarded him a posthumous silver star for valor in the face of the enemy. >> at at the height of the cold war, ladies and gentlemen, the nation called upon extraordinary men like captain powers to undertake the most sensitive and dangerous missions. captain powers earned this silver star. >> shepard: and his family was there to receive it today. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. jennifer? >> shepard, there is a little known fact about the gary powers u 2 spy plane incident. his plane took off from inside pakistan from a secret cia base near pa shower. its disc...