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Bergdahl. a lot of our platoons were spread thin already. our platoon or the third platoon, my platoon was ambushed and we lost lt. andrews and matthew martunic. lt. andrews saved some lives that day as well. to me, those are heroes, not someone who abandoned their platoon and left in the middle of the night and put everybody in danger for months and months and months to come. >> if i understand this correctly, that your platoon that got ambushed, the men in your platoon that were ambushed, they were actually out searching for sergeant bergdahl? >> right. that was part of the mission, yes, was...

Month, do you think they would do it if they had any proof at all that he was a deserter? >> i don't think at this point, it's real about beliefs or stories or anything like that, it's about the fact answer they do have the facts. they have plenty of sworn statements that we wrote that day and the following days and it's not only us and our platoon, our company saying it, it's other platoons, navy seals and everybody else. >> of course the others in your platoon agree with you that he did walk off. but let me ask you about something, because as you know, wikileaks had some of these intercepts ...

Concerned about the direction of the country, regardless of political strifes. many will live lives worse off than their parents and the first time that has ever happened. a lot of us agree we are on a dangerous path but the good news is i believe we can turn it around. if we just remember what made america great in the first place. our strength comes from the ground up. not the top down. we are made up of small platoons as we talk about in the book of individuals and families and things that really happen and work in the community. >> talk about that. again, one of the great challenges for sm...

He got a standing ovation, said a lot of the right things. did it impress the crowd? did it impress you? >> well, yeah, well, he's a tough guy, and we know that the next president is going to have a lot of problems on his hands, so we need somebody with courage, but we also need people who have the right ideas, who understand that it doesn't matter just changing a federal program. a lot of this has to go back to the states and the little platoons that edmund burke always talked about that really is what america is really always all about. >> senator, you said something the other day, and maybe...

Negotiations and some of the things that he's indicated he's willing to do in the negotiations. it's also up to president abbas, the palestinians need to decide whether or not they're prepared to compromise, whether or not they're willing to do some of the things necessary. this is not a burden exclusive to one party or the other. so we expect to have a good conversation. i don't think it's some showdown or anything. this has been a very cooperative, very engaged process on a daily basis with both parties. and even while prime minister netanyahu will be here there week, there will be represent...