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Was killed yesterday in a daring raid to rescue dozens of hostages who were literally hours away from being slaughtered by isis. his heroics are indisputable, but the administration is refusing to call this a combat death. in moments, we'll be joined by colonel schaefer. >> it would take a better part of an hour to read the accommodations and awards bestowed on joshua wheeler. he lived as he died. a lidgeened among legends. 39 years old, from oklahoma. wheeler enlisted while still a teenager. one look at his rack of medals shows the career of a man who spent 20-plus years at the tip of the ame...

Was killed yesterday in a daring raid to rescue dozens of hostages who were literally hours away from being slaughtered by isis. his heroics are indisputable, but the administration is refusing to call this a combat death. in moments, we'll be joined by colonel schaefer. >> it would take a better part of an hour to read the accommodations and awards bestowed on joshua wheeler. he lived as he died. a lidgeened among legends. 39 years old, from oklahoma. wheeler enlisted while still a teenager. one look at his rack of medals shows the career of a man who spent 20-plus years at the tip of the ame...

He enlisted since he was a teenager deployed 11 times to iraq and afghanistan. his awards 11 bronze stars, four with a valor device. and where it really gets tricky is when it comes down to politics and this. and is the obama administration trying to say no, we are still making good on this campaign promise. we are sending in some forces to iraq, but they are not going to be involved in combat missions. so, now, did this guy, this hero, did he die in a combat mission or did he not. >> well, the pentagon insists that this is an advise and assist mission. but obviously when you are going to resc...

Battlefield he was a platoon commander with the army's third infantry division. >> we delivered up to baghdad it was the heaviestest fighting. by 5, april they managed to fight their way to the southern edge of the iraqi capital. >> that's where i fought my biggest battle. iraqis were hitting us with rocket propelled grenades, machine guns. a sniper shooting at me. >> against fierce attacks the 22-year-old fritz and his fellow soldiers held their position for four-days. >> the assaults were magnificent. i didn't have to worry about them at all. my soldiers did exactly what they were supposed t...

The american people. he is a recipient of the bronze star with the valor device. he is a recipient of the purple heart. he was wounded in combat for the united states. what you're seeing on fox news is inseparable from the type of propaganda you would be subjected to if you lived in bellarus or russia. it is dishonest, it is purposeful, it is misleading. to see republicans tie themselves to the mast on this, to bring such disrepute to the conservative movement, the republican party, the assaults on the rule of law, on our institutions. this will get worse before it gets better. that's a friend...