still he attended classes at an air force academy and wrote a book. to be sure. i first met him at a publishing alice frankly i had not expected a lieutenant recently promoted to the rank of major to be a great fan of books. he. came to see valentino's support for the publishing house a few days before his final flight he brought the latest version of his book to be published just a few months later. with a huge this is the bullet. in his he tells about how he feels when he gets into this craft alone or together with others to put up. this state commission investigating the cause of god and his death did not come to a definitive conclusion its report said briefly that some unclear circumstances and put the aircraft into a tailspin the pilots couldn't pull it out of the spin because their crafts altitude was too low and they'd run out of time. all the materials relating to the investigation were kept under lock and key even commission experts were unaware of the result of the commission's work but some of them suggested their own theories. would be up and close a

colorado springs is best known as the home of the air force academy and the army's fort carson. but this quiet, mostly conservative city of 400,000 is also a major distribution point for mexican cartels. matthew barden is the agent in charge of the federal drug enforcement administration office in colorado springs. >> this house was the focal point of one of our recent investigations into a large methamphetamine organization. >> reporter: he says mexican drug cartels began exporting large amounts of methamphetamine after law enforcement began cracking down on production in the u.s. five years ago. huge quantities of heroin and cocaine are also funneled through here. >> the drug dealers are sent from mexico to run these cell organizations in small town america and their goal is to sell as much drugs and make as much money as they can. >> reporter: their business is fueled by drug consumption. the united states has one of the highest rates of illegal drug use of any country in the world. drug use in colorado springs is on par with the rest of the nation. but what worries district

when she entered high school, fanny joined the air force rotc program, the drill team and color guard. her dream was to attend the air force academy and serve in the military. unfortunately fanny is barred from service in spite of the fact that this is the only home she knows. rather than opening the doors to service in this time of war, young people like fanny who want to stand proudly and serve our country are precluded from doing so. taxpayers also stand to gain from the dream act, who will receive a significant return on investment through the contribution of youth to our society and the revenue generate bid their newly legalized tax-paying status. it's been estimated by the congressional budget office that successful dream act applicants will generate $2.4 billion in new tax revenue. this is based on the fact that these youth will be able to transition into higher-paying jobs and will be paying their fair share of taxes. if we're going to get our fiscal house in order, we need to make sure we're getting the full return on our investment and not closing the door on new tax revenues. i know many of my colleagues may still be un

academy that is to say that. their position. as air force officers as faculty members as air officers commanding. advanced and senior cadets. to engage in and to inform others that the only appropriate way that they could resource their spirituality was from if you will conservative christian evangelicals. the commandant of cadets general engaged in rhetoric and for a bit and commanders guidance which talked about how people resourced their spirituality. he equated militarism of conservative christianity with. expected the attitude that he expected. when you're eighty years old. because our. earth. is one. big. crowd. yeah there are great. people in the military whether they be chaplains or staff or people in the military . articulate a religious perspective which says if you are not born again you are going to hell if you do not you jesus in this way then you are going to hell what you are really saying to that person is not. your life and your existence is also less to value than someone who embraces this idiology the etiology of the conse

academies. >> guest: yes, i am. i'm hearing most of it is because the two largest ones because of the air force and army. nada -- not 100% positive. things aren't as bad here at the academy and o -- and so on. i do think that they are willing problem. everybody recruits the same football players. they play against each other. i think the affirm action thing might have taken off in indianapolis. >> host: good morning. rob. >> caller: good morning. >> host: go ahead. >> caller: i called to disagree with the gentleman about the football because i think football builds moral and camaraderie. i'm actually agreeing with him now about the admission affirmative action. i agree with him. he's absolutely right about that. we shouldn't lower the bar to let other people in and keep more qualified people out. so while i initially called to disagree with him, i'm actually agreeing with you now. >> guest: i appreciate that. remember i'm a professor. whatever you say, as i tell my students, whatever you say, my job is is to take the opposites. on football, i'm 100% pro football and 100% any sport that you can name. i'm a

air force. all sorts of commendations tossed out simply because somebody who didn't like him found out that he was gay and he was pushed out. a student at one of the academies, at the top of his class, same thing because of his sexual orientation tossed out. do you know that we spent by one estimate more than half a billion dollars training those 14,000 members of the american military that we -- we discharged solely because of their sexual orientation? what a waste. these people simply want to serve their country. and, mr. president, i know you probably had the same experience i had. when you talk to any of the 14,000, why are they lobbying, pleading with us to repeal don't ask, don't tell? they want to go back and serve our country. they want to put their lives on the line for our security and our freedom. does it make any sense to say no to them simply because of a private part of their person? in the survey that was done as part of the pentagon report, there are some remarkable numbers. one of them is that of the gay and lesbian members of our military surveyed, only 15%, 15% said that they would come out, that they would repeal their sexual orientation

academy and then go off to the medical school to be doctors. we also have, we took about five officers from that recent female ocs class and put them into the air force where they're undergoing pilot training. so at some point in the future we should see a cohort developing of afghan women in the afghan air force. so, again, we're taking some small steps today but we've got the training programs in place, we've got recruiting systems in place, and we're trying to draw more afghan women in the army and also in the afghan police in order to better integrate it and make it a better army and police force as we've seen in our own country. thank you for that call. host: bangor, maine. republican line. kate. caller: good morning, general, sir. merry christmas. i have a question and it's very simple. how do we as former military, former educators, former university professors, how do we support your troops overseas as a civilian population? how do we support you? caller: thank you for that call. i don't think i understood the question. i think it was how do we support our troops overseas with education, i think was the question. so i'll take that on. you kno

air force. all sorts of commendations tossed out simply because somebody who didn't like him found out that he was gay and he was pushed out. a student at one of the academies, at the top of his class, same thing because of his sexual orientation tossed out. do you know that we spent by one estimate more than half a billion dollars training those 14,000 members of the arican military that we -- we discharged solely because of their sexual orientation? what a waste. these people simply want to serve their country. and, mr. president, i know you probably had the same experience i had. when you talk to any of the 14,000, why are they lobbying, pleading with us to repeal don't ask, don't tell? they want to go back and serve our country. they want to put their lives on the line for our security and our freedom. does it make any sense to s no to them simply because of a private part of their person? in the survey that was done as part of the pentagon report, there are some remarkable numbers. one of them is that of the gay and lesbian members of our military surveyed, only 15%, 15% said that they would come out, that they would real their sexual oritation. one of