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For many of these officers. i mean, it -- it's real. how important is it that -- that these officers feel prepared and supported by their department? >> it's incredibly important. and tom manger's one of the best chiefs in the country. when i came to d.c. in '98 as police chief, he was the chief of fairfax county police, and then later took over montgomery county. so we have worked together for over 20 years. i know what his capabilities are. as was said earlier, he is not going to get caught flatfooted and i think the communication with the rank and file, which was missing on january 6th. the...

Officers feel prepared and supported by their department? >> it's incredibly important and tom manger is one of the best chiefs in the country. when i came to d.c. in '98, he was the cheer of fairfax county police so we worked together for over 20 years. i know what his capabilities are as we said earlier, he's not going to get caught flat footed. the ckcome money case with the rank and file, they know they have enough help and support. this isn't going to happen again like it did on january 6th. they are not getting inside of the capitol. i can guarantee you that. it doesn't mean we won't hav...

Their intelligence operations, they have the d.c. national guard on standby. do you believe all of this will be enough? >> yeah, i do. i think they're as prepared as they can be. i was glad they did put the fencing back up. that gives stand-off distances. i think you will see an overwhelming presence of police. the other issue of course is going to be on metropolitan police department with all the other events going on. i haven't seen the operational plan, but i'm sure they will have some mobile platoons to be able to respond quickly should something occur away from the capitol. >> the capitol...

He had already worked with so many different interpreters, but zach was different. he was physically fit for one. his english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided. he said i immediately recognized that he was a special guy and i was very lucky to have him. marines in other platoons began to eye this new addition with envy, but major schueman had no intention of sharing him. the patrols were long and terrifying as the marines made their way through mined territory toward villages, often being ambushed in a campaign that killed and severely ...

Zak that caught major shoe men's attention, here's how he described the first time that he met zak in sangin. quote major shaman concedes he was in a transactional mood on the day he met zak, yet already work for so many different interpreters, but zak was different, he was physically fit, for one, his english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided given the dangers trying. he said quote, i recognize he was a special guy, and i was very lucky to have him. marines and other platoons begin to eye this new addition to the team with envy, but ma...