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They lived together for three months. they came from entirely different backgrounds. they would lie awake at night and talk about what they wanted to do with their lives. they all went into public service. one became a republican senator. other two were democratic setors and they were bonded by their war experience but also by their commitment to make this country not have to go to that kind of a war again and to work together across party lines. i think if anything else, that's what the greatest generation legacy is and we need to be thinking more about it. >> mike barnicle? >> you know, i gr...

That was fall of 2009. clay died march of 2011 and, five weeks later, i get a letter, addressed to me, regarding his disability appeal, which is now complete. and his pts grading is 100%. >> do you see him as a casualty of war as surely as if he had been killed in iraq by the enemy? >> absolutely. >> you do? >> absolutely. i said that back in april of 2011 in an interview. someone asked me, ironically, from cnn, same question. there's no doubt in my mind. >> because you knew him before he went to war. >> absolutely sbl you knew him after war? >> his war experience is why he died. the lack of t...

Understanding the diagnosis, the management and the long-term care. if you haven't done it before, it's very hard. if you've been doing this for 10, 20 years, it becomes a little easier, just like anything else in medicine or health care. >> patrick, more than 2.5 million u.s. troops have gone to war in iraq and afghanistan since 2001. that's an eye-popping number when you stop and really think about it. how does the war experience -- how does that affect veterans? how does it shape the rest of their lives -- and how does it shape our society? >> well, as far as society, craig, when you talk a...

For valor and unfortunately, his war experience left him scarred for life. >> in fact, he has been hospitalized for paranoia three times since returning home and easily qualify for mental health benefitings. you applied and got very little response. >> i got no response. it is a tireless process to deal with. >> right now, it is it a process many have to deal with. currently america's vets are waiting longer for the benefits to process than before. >> right now, there are 900,000 u.s. military vets rans waiting on average nine months to receive an answer on a disability claim from the departme...

So reading his book, it felt to start my professional career, to start to earn my place in this society that we enjoy, that i think is so special in the world, that military service and being the place to do that and the seal teams ended up being my home and it's been quite an honor to participate. >> kelly: and we're showing pictures right now of you receiving the trident pin. and i want to say that your book is not political, it's not liberal, not conservative, it's a straightup book about the valor and the courage of the men who served in this elite fighting force the navy seals and how you...