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Tremendous act of selfless bravery but there are questions about the middle honor awarded to brett sliwinski at the white house, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story of the nearly forgotten battle in the earliest stages of the war on terror. >> i know -- shannon: 6 month after the 9/11 attacks, brett sliwinski led a 7 man navy seal team to set up an observation post in eastern afghanistan on a 10,500 foot mountaintop to support us forces in the valley below battling al qaeda in an operation known as anaconda. >> i had to land my team on top of the mountain. we land on...

Tonight, there are questions about the medal of honor awarded to navy seal britt slabinski today at the white house. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has a story of a nearly forgotten battle in the very earliest stages of the war on terror. >> speak of my teammates alive,i know he is in the territory. >> six months after the 9/11 attacks, then senior chief britt slabinski led a seven man navy seal team to set up an observation post in eastern afghanistan, on a 10,500-foot mountaintop to support u.s. forces admit valley below battling al qaeda in an operation known as anaconda. ...

>> mattis was always cautiously optimistic about the talks. >> dana: what can you tell us about the medal of honor recipient that is going to be honored by the president moments from now? >> well, we sat down with him this week. master chief britt slabinski, 26-year navy veteran and member of the seal team six. he is being recognized for his actions on march 4, 2002, in operation anaconda. while trying to insert a seal team on top of takur ghar mountain to set up an observation post. the mission faced problems from the start. seven u.s. service members were killed. five on the rescue team sent...

Were you able to point out just how consistent his military experience has been with the special counsel? >> it's funny. i've interviewed a lot of his staff in the fbi, prosecutors he's worked with over the years. i went back and was interviewing ultimately eight marines that i found who served with him in the hotel company of the second battalion fourth marine regiment in vietnam, and they all said almost exactly the same thing that anyone else has said about bob mueller ever since, that he's incredibly focused, he was incredibly driven, that he was up every night checking the patrols, checki...

In vietnam, and they all said almost exactly the same thing that anyone else has said about bob mueller ever since, that he's incredibly focused, he was incredibly driven, that he was up every night checking the patrols, checking the observation post, sort of making sure that he knew where everyone was and that he was, in fact, in many ways working harder than almost any of the marines under him. i dove deep into the battle of m mudder's ridge in '68 where bob mueller received the medal of valor where he helped rescue another marine and i found in texas where he rescued a day in battle. >> you...