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The Atlantic A poor command climate can make women feel unsupported and alone. 6:30 AM ET Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty In 2012, I was deployed to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to serve alongside Green Berets and infantry soldiers. As a member of an all-female cultural-support team, I was trained to interact with Afghan women and children, something that is culturally inappropriate for men to do. At the border, we encountered mortar attacks, improvised explosive devices, and firefights. Even though this time was tense, we worked well with our colleagues in U.S. Special Forces, in part because...

Area where they have the oil and we are going to be protecting it and we'll be deciding what we're going to do with it in the future. >> sandra: as president trump announces a permanent cease-fire in northern syria turkey and russia reaching an agreement to dispatch their troops along the border. filling the void left by the u.s. troop withdrawal. benjamin hall is reporting live from northern syria for us this morning. benjamin. >> hi, sandra. just in the last few hours we've been hearing reports of cease-fire violations a few hours to the west of us. hearing reports that turkish jihadi militi...

Stable or strategic move? >> i see them really buckling down pretty military forces the region, they pulled out diplomats were they needed to. remember arthel, they had to close a consulate in southern iraq last fall because of threats from iranian backed mortar attacks. they tried to secure u.s. personnel while the diplomat a military to try and wait this out. it is very interesting that we are hearing reports that iranian backed hezbollah is feeling the pinch. and they running a little short on money which is very good. that means there are some sanctions taking effect in iran and their feel...

>> infantry with the 10th mountain division. brian: how much action did you see? >> we had a fair amount of fire fights, mortar attacks, ieds. on a regular basis i was there for a year. brian: general, what do you know about his service? >> his service is not unusual for the very difficult period in iraq in 2003. alive and active 10th mountain division got called in the middle of it andrew and his unit. brian: you walked out for the people you saved and the way you served you got a commendation medal. you came back home. helping out wounded warrior project. not only did you bone marrow as a te...

After gaza militants launch a series of mortar attacks across the border. more on what's happening there straight ahead. plus there is this. >> nothing wrong with the government doing that. everything wrong with the government spying on a candidate of the opposition party. that's a watergate, spygate. >> sandra: strong words from rudy giuliani this weekend calling out the obama administration for spying on the trump campaign. our next guest served as f.b.i. assistant director and has been very critical of james comey. we'll get his reaction to all of that next. >> bill: former president george...