CSPAN Today In Washington February 12, 2010
ground than the people on the ground. when we start to have this top driven rule of engagement, youñ are indeed putting our young men and women in a very bad situation. if you're out in the middle of the night on a road in afghanistan and iraq and you got a shovel, you got a wheelbarrow and a couple of oblong looking device with wires coming out of it, i don't think you're out there planting fruit, but yet, our young men and women have to ask for clearance. look at any of these apache gun tapes and you will hear them calling back asking them to engage when they have eyes on the targ...
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