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Assault. six additional instructioners are under investigation, and criminal investigation is now taking place at four different air force bases in two states. >> at the end of the day the best line of defense is for the training instructors in fact to police themselves, and that's what happened in this case. some training instructors over heard others who were talking about something that was clearly unacceptable, they came forward, we began to investigate, and that investigation led to other people that we found that were engaged in this activity. >> we need to know from top brass that the p...

Covered the pentagon for some time, this is the first time you've actually had a president in the pentagon briefing room make this kind of announcement. what is the significance of that, actually going and showing up with his top brass? >> still don't know, suzanne. it is 2012. it is an election year. you don't want to ascribe political motives to a move like this but there have been a lot of big events to come out of the pentagon in the last decade or so that the -- the launch of the war in iraq, the post-9/11 attack in afghanistan, the killing of osama bin laden, and none of that merited an ...

His own candidate by asking him privately own alternative plan from afghanistan even though there was a plan from the pentagon robert gates and other top brass who recommended to the president to add 40,000 troops. the president asked cart right to come up with a different plan. no one told the people at the pentagon so they did it behind their backs in a way. that poisoned the well for cart right. the pentagon opposed his nomination. and the president let it drop. trace? >> our chief washington correspondent jim angle live at the white house. jim, thank you. >> armored guard. atten hut. prese...

His own candidate by asking him privately own alternative plan from afghanistan even though there was a plan from the pentagon robert gates and other top brass who recommended to the president to add 40,000 troops. the president asked cart right to come up with a different plan. no one told the people at the pentagon so they did it behind their backs in a way. that poisoned the well for cart right. the pentagon opposed his nomination. and the president let it drop. trace? >> our chief washington correspondent jim angle live at the white house. jim, thank you. >> armored guard. atten hut. prese...

His own candidate by asking him privately own alternative plan from afghanistan even though there was a plan from the pentagon robert gates and other top brass who recommended to the president to add 40,000 troops. the president asked cart right to come up with a different plan. no one told the people at the pentagon so they did it behind their backs in a way. that poisoned the well for cart right. the pentagon opposed his nomination. and the president let it drop. trace? >> our chief washington correspondent jim angle live at the white house. jim, thank you. >> armored guard. atten hut. prese...