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Activists and lawmakers who voted to end the 17-year policy. >> as one special operations war fighter said during the pentagon's review, we have a gay guy in the unit. he's big, he's mean, he kills lot of bad guys. no one cared that he was gay. and i think that sums up perfectly the situation. >> mike viqueira is live from the white house with the latest. mike, the question obviously is what's next? the president has signed this into law. >> that's right. that's the question a lot of people are asking. they couldn't even do it here at the east room of the white house, what with all the christm...

Operated to inform the fy of 2012 budget request. as part of that process under secretary of defense ashton carter, has launched an initiative to reduce costs in the contracting arena. goal being to get better buying power for the taxpayer and war-fighter in defense goods and services. we plan on providing more detail on this effort in early september and our intent is for this initiative to begin affecting ongoing programs immediately. fourth, even with these d.o.d. wide efforts under way, i have concluded there are a number of areas where we can take action starting now and not wait for the ...

Remarks, particularly one in 2005 that it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. you feel this is being taken out of con flex, perhaps overblown? >> it just shows you -- he was reprimanded privately for it, although not in any serious way, but -- and the secretary of defense, robert gates, mentioned it and said that he thinks general mattis had learned something from the episode, but i think it shows that general mattis is a war fighter, he's somebody that when you get into a war, this is about defeating the an me, this is not for pass fists, and when you fight a war -- pass i tiss and when y...

They violated the law of war and in terms of targeting civilians and yet they're being rewarded by constitutional rights. which tie the high hands of our war fighter. >> all right, debra, thank you. you speak for a lot of people. thank you. >> scrap the healthcare bill and start over. that's not republican lawmakers saying it. overwhelming number of americans saying it. will the brand new poll have democrats listening? valentine's day isn't here yet, but are men already in the doghouse? maybe. le announcer ] olay challenged not just one dermatologist but a whole panel in creating an anti-aging...

Months. on the ground in syria. what does this do logistically and from a war fighter's perspective about how to deal with it? >> i can tell you from my time embedded with these types of tribes and with these groups, when you are fighting alongside them and earning, trying to earn their trust and they've had their tribesmen, their family members gassed, attacked, bombed by assad and russian aircraft and now to hear that assad is okay, it makes it pretty tough for our guys on the ground that are trying to fight. they are focused on isis but when isis is done and defeated, they are going to want...