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Effort in our history to take your of pows and mias. with that said in stage for reassessment relations and been able to afford other than being stuck in the past. john: kurt volker, us investor to native nato. thank you for sharing your spot on the thoughts. special coverage of the passing of arizona senator john mccain continues after this. countries that we traveled- "what is your nationality?" and i would always answer, "hispanic." so, when i got my ancestrydna results it was a shocker! i'm everything, i'm from all nations. i would look at forms now and wonder, what do i mark? because i'm ...

Nation. >> no, that is very true. i will say that -- well, a lot of people remember them for different things but in the long run historians will recognize that his primary legacy was the united states was as a leader in international relations, particularly related to american national security interest. i don't think there was anybody, including secretary of state, who do more for leaders and would bend to more foreign places and you had better instincts about what us policy should be. in order to protect american national security interests than john mccain. i think, again, history records ...

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Bush, 41, is releasing a statement and writes -- john mccain was a patriot of the highest order a public servant of the rarest courage. view sacrificed more or sacrificed for or contributed more to the welfare of his fellow citizen and freedom loving peoples around the world. another american maverick and warrior, general george patton was observed we should thank god the men such as these lived and to that i can only add my gratitude to john's wife, cindy and his wonderful family, and the people of arizona who permitted this great and good man to serve with such distinction in a world greates...

John: those who are joining us now, john mccain longtime arizona senator passed away this evening at his home in arizona started by family and friends. he was just a couple of weeks shy of his 82nd birthday. joining us now to talk about his remarkable career, executive director of the mccain institute and former us investor to nato, kurt volker. there are few in washington who have done more for america military standing in america's military personnel than john mccain. is that for to say? >> that is fair to say. [inaudible] he knew the military very well and it was an ardent supporter of the ...