us here in. i joined. the. reason why i joined the army. i mean easy for my recruiter i say as why should a machine go and jump out of a plane he said side right here i was raised on american pie i was a cradle conservative i was voted most likely to succeed most conservative my nickname among a lot of my friends was g.i. josh and i wanted to defend my country i tried to listen the marines right out of high school that hurt playing football such joy in the national guard and then end up going to west point and being a commissioned officer. put it bluntly i'm a patriotic son of a gun i love this country it's done some great things for me about some great opportunities both my grandfathers fought in world war one my father fought a war to head off of korea because it was the fall in vietnam or so there's been a family member in the military since there'd been a country. at some point every soldier has to face the question like be able to kill another human being. conduct. this film is about killing in war and about some u.s. soldiers who have

in world war two research by the official us army historian brigadier general as l.a. marshall revealed that among the u.s. soldiers in combat less than twenty five percent actually fired their weapons at the enemy even with their own lives at risk seventy five percent did not try to kill the enemy marshall wrote the average individual still has such an inner resistance toward killing a fellow man that he will not pay for life if it is possible turn away from that responsibility or confide all point he becomes conscientious objector. research doing as a soldier as a human being or even to live with you have to ask yourself and what situations would kill in the right it's just not something you can put behind the states with the carrier hard. people are shocked by how upsetting it is to kill another human being. the end it's not that soldiers are somehow different or it's not hard to kill. soldiers to feel. only because they've been trained to do that for her. i. heard her. i. am not very. of the if that's true you are the if. i thought of the birth of the i. celebrate

this is still to come on the program a soldier's bravery or betrayal point out as the latest on the us army private accused of passing military secrets to the whistle blowing web site we could leaks with his supporters seeing him i think he wrote a note to trade and. the russian build a rocket successfully launches from to european space french grey on a place journey to the stars of the world. because after president nursultan nazarbayev has announced a curfew in a town in the west to the asian or asian a country where riots on friday left at least eleven people dead and he also said this iteration is now under control then rest was initiated by a group of striking oil workers during state celebrations marking twenty years of independence that is a local journalist and he told r.t. what happened. oh workers in generalising have been striking for fairly long already for several months it is true. but the reemerged in full force yesterday was that it was deliberate in its twentieth anniversary so there was a big day age and instead of a concert and a celebration there was a riot and people k

it was this video really clean of it all of us army pilots in iraq eagerly firing shots at innocent people on the ground and hundreds of thousands of secret military documents and cables leaked to wiki leaks there have been some criminal acts committed by u.s. government employees and those employees have never been held accountable for them all this made public over a year and a half ago by bradley manning a twenty two year old army private turned whistleblower for the past eighteen months at bradley manning has been behind bars becoming somewhat of a symbol to his supporters he represents the extreme secrecy and lack of transparency within the last government and the documents that make up like reveal that the u.s. has a dark secret that shows that in my opinion in the last decade there's been no real . lessening of the standards of in diplomatic reporting and in our military the real disregard for lives of of torture of assassinations of as executions have become more of the norm bread. and for bringing all this to light he's regarded by many as a hero he has impacted governments around

officer read mcgovern says the american people did need to know about alleged abuses carried out by the us army. these charges are greatly overwrought. gates this term so there has been no indication of serious damage to u.s. personnel or those who cooperate with the united states what's the damage is is the revelation of things that the american people should know about and that's what bradley manning was doing by his own players own e-mails see indicated that he wanted this to lead to a discussion and debate and sort of consideration the kinds of policies that he witnessed the effect so there are gradations of values here there is the promise of the written promise that i and others assigned before we became employed and got access to classified information they will not release information that would endangered the national security but the supreme value there is what ethicists call a supervening value and that's what bradley manning saw he saw the torture he saw the other abuses he saw the feckless war and he said i can go back and keep my mouth shut like my superiors say or i can follow my

we used today's army navy game to measure the heart of our country's soldiers.ivalry came down to the wire, and as has been tradition for the past decade, the fight song anchors away rang through fedex field at game's end. the commander in chief, barack obama supporting the young men who one day will be defending our country. navy up 7-0, on 3rd and 8 they go to aim ex-an der teach for the touchdown. in the third quarter, now tied at 14 on second and goal, chris proctor keeps it and spins in for the touchdown. he fakes the handoff, and watch right at the goal line, the last minute spin, and navy retakes the lead, 21-14. fourth quarter, navy up 24-21. he struggled this year but not today, he gets it through the upright and the midshipmen up 27-21. same score under 5 minutes to play, army goes for it on fourth and seven. and trent steal man is sacked. warrick's father is a graduate of west point. makes the biggest play of the game, navy defeats army for the tenth straight time, the final afterward, a lot of respect from both sides. >> those guys kept fighting. it'

. >> just down the parkway from us an army private will have his first military court hearing tomorrow. bradley manning is a accused of handing over thousands of classified secrets to the website wikileaks including a video clip of a laughing helicopter crew gunning down 11 men including a news photographer and his driver. the article 32 hearing will determine if the case moves onto a court martial. >>> for what seems like the 09th team this year senate and house leaders think they can avoid a government shout down. some issues need to be agreed oned on and both sides are painting a rosy picture of a deal soon being made. >>> the middle of december. 60 degrees outside. this is -- we are one day closer to spring but federal weather forecasters are predicting that the east coast is going to see warmer than normal temperatures to start the new year. we have the look at the warm thursday night forecast. >> reporter: jamie that is so depressing, the idea of a warmer than average winter. unless you are a big snow fan. i think the mountains will still have snow. take a look. we are dealing ju

through their mind in terms of possibilities, not least that flickering moment when they considered using the army. >> instead, she made certain the police had the equipment they wanted, including plastic bullets, water cannons. >> every year, a secret government papers are released from 30 years ago. i have been looking at them for about the last decade or so. this is the first year i can remember where there has been such a close parallel between events and then and now. civil disturbance on this scale overshadows other events. this year, like 1981, will be scarred by the riots. bbc news. >> >> let's get the headlines on "bbc world news." after one week of building violence across syria, reports of further protests in the country. the austerity drive in spain begins with the new government planning multi-billion euro cuts to the budget. the chimpanzees recognize when others in the group are in danger. they only called out a warning when there were others around had not yet seen. the. the researchers used rubber snakes to see how they react. findings have been published in "current biology." we w

army. today was the 31 annual bell bringing event. all money will be used for salvation army christmas program. and this includes musical performance and a visit from santa. of course. >> and got to do it. >> that is going to do it for us. world news is next. i'm cheryl

of them are concerned by what they see as violence there and they want the continuity of the army. >> they used to want the continuity of the army in the country because they believed for a very long time and they were willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the army was what it said it was, the guardian of the revolution. the more they see the sadistic violence, the continues sexual violence against women. the military subjected women to virginity tests. myself and other women have been suggested to the violence. the military is doing a terrible job of running the country and we deserve a new leadership. i think the majority of egyptians don't have to be on the streets for the revolution to succeed because the majority does not make a revolution, the minority can make it succeed. the military is doing a terrible job of acting as the caretaker of the revolution. >> do you remain optimistic about what is going on in egypt? >> absolutely. i am forever optimistic about what is going on in egypt. if you remember in 2005 when the demonstration began, now we have a full revolution going. we hav

the syrian army wouldn't been beginninged in attacking places keeping away from them because they become no-go areas. that is the kind of puzzle for us. we can see to some extent what the syrian army is doing, but what we don't know is what degree of provocation or attacks on them there is but certainly there are military funerals pretty much every day. >> yes, difficult for us to work. what about the observers from the arab league? it won't be easy for them, is it? >> no, it will be very difficult unless they maintain a permanent presence there because as soon as they turn their backs revert to how they were. lready one or two of the activist groups are putting out detailed scenarios of what the authorities have done with these tanks. they have named schools and other places where they have hidden taefrpbgs away on the -- tanks away on the university some they say are just five minutes drive to get back. the kind of thing the observers will find difficult to keep tabs, like a cat and mouse game unless they can be convinced the authorities are fully going long with the plan which is halting violence and taking all military out of the

at home first and here we have people in afghanistan fighting for us that are cold and hungry and i was appalled. >> reporter: the army brass said that it finds the story unbelievable, telling us they give the soldiers everything they need. in know earthquake mail, a army spokes -- in an e-mail, the army spokesman explains there is no evidence that soldiers even in the most remote combat outposts are without food or the equipment to keep them warm and safe. >> we got plenty of stuff in afghanistan. logistics is an ongoing chalem and that tends to have breakdowns. >> he's an expert on the war in afghanistan. >> i'm going to take the war of the individual soldiers they're hungry and cold and as for the explanation, it's more complicated and most certain not a lack of leave all army effort at the mission or pipelines to get stuff through and there is a more statisticical tactic breakdown in this case. >> reporter: a spokesman for u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan tell us it's possible interruptions to resupply lines in the more remote areas to afghanistan could create temporary shortfalls but that every effort is made

to put in parking. >> the measure is part of the $1 trillion spending agreement and forces the army to use a maximum of 2000 parking spaces until a complete and thorough traffic study proves they can handle more. >> now we will have thousands of workers coming here that will be parking within miles. >> some commuters who already know the problems here all too well worry about the negative impact on neighborhood parking around the facility. >> they will be occupying more parking spaces. >> the pentagon did not properly plan for getting traffic in and out one of northern virginia's most busy corridors. >> the pentagon is responsible for building the infrastructure necessary to accommodate the 6400 additional employees. >> what you're looking at here is a bus stop. there are a slew of them around the campus. there will be a number of satellite parking facilities around northern virginia to try to alleviate some of the parking problems in the area. other than the bus stops here there is no chpublic transportation. john gonzales, abc7 news. >>> a traffic alert for interstate 66. starting tonigh

because the syrian army would not be engaged in attacking places like this because they have become no go areas if there was not armed resistance going on. that is the kind the puzzle for us. we could see to some extent with the syrian army is doing, or the security forces, but we do not know what degree of provocation or attacks on them, but there are military funerals just about every day. >> difficult for us to work out. what about the observers from the arab league? it will not be easy for them, is it? >> it is going to be very difficult. unless they kind of maintain a permanent presence h permanent presenceooms, because as soon as they turn their back things could revert. already one or two of the activist groups are putting out detailed scenarios of what the authorities have done with these tanks. they have named schools and other places where they have hidden tanks away on a university campus. some of these tanks they say has been taken away, just five minutes strive to get back. >> i should just say, if you want more on the international efforts to bring the violence in syria to a close, you can head straight to our website, bbc.com/news and jim, above all, is giv

army demobilized. so who is responsible for the violence now? "not us" he says. army fought the americans, but even that's stopped now." but where has the mahdi army put its guns? hakim al-zamili has no straight answer, just aa politician's smile. but let's just say that if the american blueprint for democracy in iraq doesn't work, he's got a backup plan. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, baghdad. >> pelley: a drama teacher shows her students how the act and how to live next. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. is non-stop to seattle? just carry preparation h totables. d

. >> the aircraft, were observation helicopters, which have been used by the army since the late '60s. four dead in a chopper crash in washington state. we'll keep on top of this breaking story throughout the day. >>> and the other big story of the morning, it's set to be a pivotal day in the sex abuse scandal. the preliminary hearing of jerry sandusky begins in just hours. >> it will likely take most of the day, as several young men, as many as ten, face their accu accuser. all this happening in the small town of bellefont. tahman bradley has details. >> reporter: today, for the first time, former penn state coach jerry sandusky faces his accuser. some will explain under oath how sandusky molested them. ben an degree yoz si says his client is eager to take the stand. but the large number of press in attendance will not make it easy. >> i know it's going to be uncomfortable. but he's ready to go forward. >> any victim that goes forward with these types of cases is incredibly brave. but they have to face the person they're accusing. >> reporter: in what could be a setback for the prose

our correspondent jim muir joins us from beirut, lebanon army. they are supposedly there to monitor cessation of violence. >> their job is not necessarily to track everything that's happening all over the place all the time. they are looking to see that all armed manifestations of pulled from the streets and that all detainees are freed. obviously, none of those conditions has been met. it is not happening spontaneously. people are still being killed and in roughly the same numbers as well as being reported before. the regime did announced the release of 755 prisoners on wednesday, but that is a drop in the ocean. they have already freed. 2.5000 -- they already freed 2500. many prisoners were smuggled onto military bases where they are beyond the reach of observers. they have a long way to go and a lot of ground to recover. there's no sign that the peace plan is being implemented on the ground. that is what the monitors are there to verify. >> every step natick can be manipulated by both sides -- every step that they take can be manipulated by bo

it requires a new traffic study using accurate data. 6400 u.s. army workers are being moved into the mark center as part of the base realignment and closure plan. a report by the inspector general earlier this month found the army used flawed traffic studies in estimating the impact on the area. this new measure will limit the number of parking spice 2,000 forcing other workers to use public transportation until road improve mes can be made. >> basically it means the 51 is responsible for building the infrastructure necessary to accommodate the 6400 additional employees who will be moving into that building. >> virginia congressman gerald connelly supports the plan and joins us live from capitol hill. thank you for being with us. >> great to be with you, laura. >> there has been so much concern about the traffic impact in and around that area. are you expicture ising what will be -- will solve the problem? what they're talking about? >> and i think it will help and guarantee. at the end of the day, the marc center is in the new place. that building sh

after he'd been hit in the face by a tear gas canister fired by israeli troops on saturday the army's use of gas canisters has come in for strong criticism in recent years the west bank has seen frequent demonstrations in its rural areas against jewish settlements in the building of israel's separation barrier which is compromised palestinian farm and. check out this video of a petrol tanker exploding near melbourne in australia the driver was off loading fuel when the rig became engulfed in flames the blaze sent many scrambling for safety investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the explosion dramatic pictures there from australia british m.p.'s passed a motion to review a controversial extradition treaty with the u.s. this week drawn in the chaotic aftermath of nine eleven that allows washington to demand the extradition of any u.k. citizen regardless of criminal evidence but as artie's of the bennett reports from london britain's patience is wearing thin. all take and no give that's the growing feeling in britain's parliament against america's controversial extradition

killed after he'd been hit in the face by a tear gas canister fired by israeli troops saturday the army's use of gas canisters has come in for strong criticism in recent years the west bank has seen frequent demonstrations in its rural areas against jewish settlements and the building of israel's separation what barrier which has compromised palestinian farmland. and amazing video from melbourne extra of a petrol tanker exploiting the driver was offloading fuel when the rig started to get becoming involved in flames the blaze said many scrambling for safety investigators still trying to determine the cause of the blast. finally in this news block the u.k. parliament is set to vote on an extradition treaty treaty between london and washington drawn in the aftermath of the nine eleven attacks that allows the u.s. to demand the extradition of any u.k. citizen regardless of criminal evidence but as our he's ever been reports m.p.'s are certain that better protection for british citizens is needed. all take and no give that's the growing feeling in britain's parliament against america's controvers

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the mother, sister, and girlfriend of army specialist, doug greene, telling us soldiers in greene's platoon still in afghanistan sometimes distant outposts want more than just stocking stuffers, but blankets and food. >> four weeks before he died, he was skypeing me saying he was having one mre a day, which is those freeze-dried meals and everything else was the things that we packaged in the boxes. he was hungry daily. but didn't really want me to tell anybody about it because he was afraid there could be backlash or he wanted to suck it up. >> but greene's family and friends say they wouldn't. they couldn't ignore it any longer. now filling the wishes of troops outside greene's unit. turning to a website called anysoldier.com. >> by adopting a soldier. >> the site matching troops in the field with donors back home. more than a few begging for blankets. >> and the guy who i adopted. he's like, i'm freezing at night. can you please send me a blanket. it's getting really cold here. >> we always say take care here at home first, but here we have people over in afghanistan fighting for us that

concerned by what they see as the violence there and they do want the continuity of the army in the country. >> i think they usedo what the continuity of the army in the country because they believe for a very long time and they were willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the army was what it said it was, which was the guardian of the revolution. the more they see the sadistic violence, the continued sexual violence against women. in 2005, the military subjected women to virginity test. myself and other women have been subjected to the violence. we deserve civilian leadership in egypt. i think the majority of egyptians don't need to be out on the streets for the revolution to succeed. the majorities don't form revolutions, it is the majority that -- the minority that makes them succeed. the military is doing a terrible job of acting as a caretaker of the revolution. >> do you remain optimistic about what is going on in egypt? >> absolutely. i am forever optimistic about what is going on in egypt. if you remember in 2005 when demonstrations began wholeheartedly in egypt, there was only about 200. now we ha

i'm a broken man who's really used to the army and morals morals are we talking about. it was december to. thousand and eight for three weeks israeli soldiers bombed the gaza strip killing nearly one and a half thousand palestinians four out of five were civilians at the same time hundreds of rockets fell on southern israel killing three israeli civilians the government couldn't get to my home for sixteen days because the israeli soldiers were firing all the time as soon as they left i went down inside on the walls the soldiers had written you'll find the bodies fifty meters away i found the body of my brother buried in the sand and the body of my sister much to cover with some bricks. sell it took his case to the palestinian center for human rights in a precedent setting move they secured an out of court settlement with the israeli military it took seligson weights to the teeth the bodies of his mother and sister because of continued fighting in the area these women military said this made the face simpson and they feel justified replacing a solider sieved just under o

use of the turkish army to protect civilians is being rolled out for now. -- ruled out for now. >> in egypt, authorities have begun announcing the results of the first round of parliamentary elections. the muslim brotherhood is expected to win a majority but a more radical islamist party is also expected to win seats. these elections are watched very closely in washington, are there things that western governments might feel nervous about? >> we have only got partial results so far. this is a very respectable. the head of the electoral commission gave a rather eccentric press conference. from the information trickling out so far, it seems is that the islamists of various kinds will get around 50% of the vote. the muslim brotherhood is seen as quite moderate multiply. they are not saying that they banned alcohol or have an enforced stressed test. egypt relies heavily on their tourist track among other things. however, the more hard liners are schering even more liberal minded people here in egypt in many respects. it is not sure how many votes they have gotten but it could be 20%. ther

killed after he'd been hit in the face by a tear gas canister fired by israeli troops saturday the army's use of gas canisters has come in for a strong criticism recently the west bank has seen frequent demonstrations in rural areas against jewish settlements and the building of israel's separation wall which has compromised palestinian farmland. former dictator manuel noriega has returned to panama he spent at least two decades in the u.s. and french prisons for drug trafficking and money laundering the seventy seven year old will now serve three twenty year sentences for the murder of political opponents during his rule once a washington ally noriega was toppled by u.s. forces during an invasion in one nine hundred eighty nine. finally dramatic video we have here of a petrol tanker exploding near melbourne australia the driver was offloading fuel when the rig started becoming engulfed in flames the blaze sent people scrambling for safety investigators still trying to determine the cause of the blast in this news block the u.k. parliament set to vote on an extradition treaty between london a

it is saying it -- that the army used bad traffic information to justify moving employees. >>> and metro is a point to close six stations on the red line is begin for maintenance work. all this starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight. the closures run from port plant to glenn ma'at stations. -- from brookland top glemont. >>> peoples will employee is shaken up after being robbed -- a postal employee is taken up after being robbed. >> we're live at the scene. >> good morning to you. investigators say that they believe this suspect perhaps had been watching this employee knew his routine and down the time that was right. it all took place at 6:30 p.m. last night. the employee was loading mail into the back of the truck when a masked man with a gun approached, demanding money. authorities said the suspect put the money in a black backpack before locking the employee in the back of a truck. using his cell phone about 25 minutes later the employee called police and was eventually freed, unharmed. this is very unnerving for a lot of people in this area. they say they're surprised about the time that this

a man showed us assign "the free syrian army represents and protects me," it said. in a smoky apartment we found young activists debating late into the night about the role of the free syrian army. >> reporter: back at the safe house, when asked what they were fighting for, one soldier pulled out a photograph of his son. he told us he's willing to sacrifice himself so that the next generation of syrians can be free. >> pelley: clarissa ward joins us now. clarissa, i wonder, since the assad government has such tight control over most of the country, how are those men getting those weapons we see? >> reporter: well, the men i was with say they actually brought their weapons with them when they defected and they try to confiscate anything they can when they're launching those raids on the syrian army. but they did acknowledge that there is a shortage of weapons and we've seen one way they've tried to deal with that situation is by having weapons smuggled in from neighboring countries like turkey and lebanon. >> pelley: clarissa, thanks very much. for his part, presiden

concerned by what they see as the violence there and they do want the continuity of the army in the country. >> i think they usedo what the continuity of the army in the country because they believe for a very long time and they were willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the army was what it said it was, which was the guardian of the revolution. the more they see the sadistic violence, the continued sexual violence against women. in 2005, the military subjected women to virginity test. myself and other women have been subjected to the violence. we deserve civilian leadership in egypt. i think the majority of egyptians don't need to be out on the streets for the revolution to succeed. the majorities don't form revolutions, it is the majority that -- the minority that makes them succeed. the military is doing a terrible job of acting as a caretaker of the revolution. >> do you remain optimistic about what is going on in egypt? >> absolutely. i am forever optimistic about what is going on in egypt. if you remember in 2005 when demonstrations began wholeheartedly in egypt, there was only about 200. now we ha

army. >> even though i don't use the uniform, i feel that sense of responsibility. >> that commitment was instilled in the former army officer during his four years of the u.s. military academy in west point. >> it's part of a line it's a tradition that serviced the nation. >> in the battlefield in iraq. >> i had to job to do and i wanted to do it well. >> march, 2003 a severely wounded u.s. marine nays son frei lay pleading in the 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 to do and we didn't lose any one. i was awarded a bronze star metmet m

tonight, she shows us how the rebels cope with casualties from the street battles that they fight with the syrian army. they cannot show their faces. they risk their lives to talk to us. >> reporter: as an opposition activist, abu ahmed spends a lot of time underground, in the basement of a building on the outskirts of damascus, he let us into a secret passage, carefully camouflaged in a corner. there are boxes stuffed with life-saving supplies. so they are stockpiling all different sorts of medical equipment here. we've got everything from penicillin to surgical gloves and perhaps most ominously, a skin stapler. these pictures, shot by opposition activists, show how day after day, syria's protesters are shot and beaten by president assad's security forces. we were taken to a makeshift field hospital. this doctor explained to us going to a government-run hospital is too dangerous. "there have been many case where's injured people were arrested over even taken out operating rooms mid-surgery," he said. "sometimes they kill the wounded." we have no way to verify his claim. none of the doctors who treat

. >>> a new report is claiming the army used traffic data from holidays when it proposed moving more 6,000 workers in alexandria. they say army traffic surveys they were calculated around national holidays like memorial day, fourth of july and days school was not in session. they are 35% less than a normal traffic day. the report found peak travel times were underestimated by 100%. >>> today the fairfax county school board could be one step closer to allowing security cameras inside their high schools. the issue is on the school board's agenda today and could be voted on by december 15th. the cameras would be in cafeterias, lobbies and other large gathering spots. the principals would have the final say. those pushing for the cameras cite safety issues. others say it's an invasion of privacy. >>> the president is there and the first family and doug kammerer is down there now. let's check in with doug. what is happening now? >> well, i tell you, the coolest thing about what's happening now, obviously, we are getting things done before the president steps up there. he will be up in two

let me thank the salvation army for hosting us today. this is a wonderful opportunity. i like to recognize the elected officials as of everybody has already done. i think this is a very important statement, the fact that you are here today. it means a lot to this community and us. it is a statement about the kind of support there is for ending veteran homelessness. the folks who have put this together have done a fantastic job. there is little i can say that would add anything to the probable commitment they have to making this program work. as you will hear and learn, this is not something the va can do by itself. this is a program that is built around the organization of our community partners in ending this terrible problem of homelessness for the veterans. to the community service folks, thank you. we realize you are the ones doing the heavy lifting. your contribution is absolutely necessary in this effort. the veteran service organizations, are federal, state, and local government partners, my counterparts in the state veterans affairs programs, thank you for your