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When he actually had personal contact with her and was able to say that. >> thomas, tell us about the last conversation you had with her. >> we actually talked to anne on easter. we had actually a very long phone call with her easter morning, and it was a very upbeat call. secretary kerry had just been there, and anne was one of the people in charge of coordinating his visit. and she was all ziexcited about the work she had been doing on that, was telling us all about it. it was a very upbeat call, and, like i said, she was just aglow with the reese ebt ent events and all the excitement surrou...

Offer. probably from her high school time on for sure, but she always loved to travel and see new things, you know. also be a positive force for good where she was. >> and she certainly was. thomas, when she told you that she wanted to volunteer for diplomatic service at the u.s. embassy in afghanistan, what was your meet reaction? >> well, i wasn't surprised. that's anne. that's the kind of thing she wanted to do. you're always a little nervous, but you want your children to follow their dreams, to do what they can be passionate about, what they think is important, and this certainly was the ...

0 set a limit of ten grainy cell phone cam portraits per user. that's all the time we have. the now i put you in the able ahands of wolf blitzer in "the situation room." jake, thanks very much. happening now, president obama making what's expected to be a very emotional push for gun control this hour, not far from the scene of the newtown, connecticut, school massacre. also, the parents of a young american diplomat killed in afghanistan talked to me this hour about how their daughter died doing what she loved so much. plus, why some members of congress want beyonce's vacation with jay-z ...