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sal have tore giunta was the first living soldier from the wars to receive the medal of honor. we were honored to have him on the morning us in. >> you say above and beyond the call of duty, every person that i have served with in afghanistan for the 27 months, two tours i did there, they put their life in danger daily. i think that part of me wearing this is wearing it for them. >> staff sergeant giunta is amazed at the bravery of the armed forces. after being honored at the bears game yesterday, the president is putting the award on him there, he was proud to see the american people rally around service members. tonight he will be saluted at the blackhawks game. >>> the question whether rahm emanuel is able to run for mayor of chicago is being taken up at the board of elections in chicago today. >> and muriel clair joins us with the latest in this one. politics, politics... >> the former white house chief of staff is taking a hands on approach in the battle. this morning his attorney went before the board of elections to clear up some housekeeping matters including the sugges
sal have tore giunta was the first living soldier from the wars to receive the medal of honor. we were honored to have him on the morning us in. >> you say above and beyond the call of duty, every person that i have served with in afghanistan for the 27 months, two tours i did there, they put their life in danger daily. i think that part of me wearing this is wearing it for them. >> staff sergeant giunta is amazed at the bravery of the armed forces. after being honored at the bears...
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artsy most go so we got a few minutes the secret killer in india r t why sal giunta from the area for parts of the country but made a reported and i count of four by the world health organization. and now some other headlines from around the world here in the u.s. house of representatives has approved legislation prohibiting money being spent on transferring guantanamo detainees to the u.s. for trials it's yet to be approved by the senate and the law was suggested after the first detainee to go on trial was found guilty of just one of hundreds of terrorist charges against him as a back to president obama's efforts to close the military prison. forces from stan have seized more than one hundred seventy kills of nouri ouattara on the afghan border and armed afghan drug dealers trying to cross the border under the cover of the night after a short clash with police more than two tons of drugs have been seized in the stance is the beginning of the year russia got a stand pakistan to take a stand have agreed to combine joint and you're caught. operations. at the drug straight out of data st
artsy most go so we got a few minutes the secret killer in india r t why sal giunta from the area for parts of the country but made a reported and i count of four by the world health organization. and now some other headlines from around the world here in the u.s. house of representatives has approved legislation prohibiting money being spent on transferring guantanamo detainees to the u.s. for trials it's yet to be approved by the senate and the law was suggested after the first detainee to go...
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. >> giunta is not that they think joe stalin is worse than joe mccarthy, but in the lectures they complain about joe mccarthy and not joe stalin. >> i will be very short. i am coming from a country that overcame soviets. nobody has anti-communist sentiment except the communists themselves. so for me it's a stunning. -is an interesting ago. to me it's not just stunning but shocking to see a young person in the united states holding a flag and sang socialism is an alternative. and on the other hand i can see angela davis still teaching. so i'm just so stunned at how can this -- and also, russian propaganda channel in english. they have like 500 people right now working. they have 12 minutes interview with american congress party chairman who was promising revolution to come, 12 minutes from prime time. so they still do. so i just really, i grateful for your and i hope we brainwashed those young people dashing diva rain washed the young people. thank you spent thank you. lee edwards is here. victims of congress and the moyer foundation, great website, and they are helping to educate people on
. >> giunta is not that they think joe stalin is worse than joe mccarthy, but in the lectures they complain about joe mccarthy and not joe stalin. >> i will be very short. i am coming from a country that overcame soviets. nobody has anti-communist sentiment except the communists themselves. so for me it's a stunning. -is an interesting ago. to me it's not just stunning but shocking to see a young person in the united states holding a flag and sang socialism is an alternative. and on...
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we'll touch on a couple things that we may have to give up or cut back on, what you are also quite giunta the things we have to sustain commitments on. for example, stability and security in europe, east asia. nonproliferation of nuclear weapons as best we can. and last but not least, in fact, most you say protection of the free flow of oil at and i want to depart from that because this is one of the central parts of this book which is oil, and our dependence on it, is the biggest single foreign policy failure of the last seven decades. and psycho it's the biggest challenge that we face going forward, anything more urgent, why? why isn't that big a video? >> that is the message of "the frugal superpower." i would say, wouldn't say it's fallen on deaf ears in washington, because most people in washington, including members of congress agree with me. they're just not going to do anything about it because they think it is political suicide to do what needs to be done, which is raise the price of gasoline considerably. a gasoline tax which i favor on the order of the ones that the europeans a
we'll touch on a couple things that we may have to give up or cut back on, what you are also quite giunta the things we have to sustain commitments on. for example, stability and security in europe, east asia. nonproliferation of nuclear weapons as best we can. and last but not least, in fact, most you say protection of the free flow of oil at and i want to depart from that because this is one of the central parts of this book which is oil, and our dependence on it, is the biggest single...
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army staff sergeant salvatore giunta was given the congressional a medal of honor -- congressional medal of honor. one never says that a person won the medal of honor because you don't win it, you receive it. for extraordinary and heroic duty. sergeant giunta received his because he ran into two different torrents of bullets that were being fired by taliban in afghanistan as he was going to retrieve his fellow soldier, joshua paren man, a sergeant in the army -- brennan, a sergeant in the army. and he ran headlong into those wall of bullets to get the wounded body of his colleague, put him on his back and carried him back to safety. unfortunately, sergeant brennan did not survive. for this action staff sergeant giuta received the congressional medal of honor, and when he was awarded it, he proved to all of us why he deserved it. because he said that he would gladly forgo any recognition if he could get the life of his fallen soldiers back. that their lives, that their existence was so much more important than any medal that could be draped around his neck. it was not lost on me that in t
army staff sergeant salvatore giunta was given the congressional a medal of honor -- congressional medal of honor. one never says that a person won the medal of honor because you don't win it, you receive it. for extraordinary and heroic duty. sergeant giunta received his because he ran into two different torrents of bullets that were being fired by taliban in afghanistan as he was going to retrieve his fellow soldier, joshua paren man, a sergeant in the army -- brennan, a sergeant in the army....
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his name is staff sergeant salvatori giunta.e of you may have seen his story, but i wants to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces but also what it says about the country that we love. three years ago salant his platoon were in korengal valley when their patrol was ambushed and two americans lay wounded up ahead. that is one sal and his men counter attacked again and again and again. they were being rains down with fire but they just kept counterattacking, because they wanted to get there to buddies. when he saw one of his teammates wanted and being carried away by insurgents, sal rushed in to help his friends. despite the bullets, despite the danger, he kept on pressing forward. it was an incredibly intense firefight and by the time it was finished every single member of that platoon had shrapnel or abe uhler full in their gear. five were wounded, too had given their lives. now, sal is a pretty humble guy and so when he came to the white house, he said you know i didn't do anything specia
his name is staff sergeant salvatori giunta.e of you may have seen his story, but i wants to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces but also what it says about the country that we love. three years ago salant his platoon were in korengal valley when their patrol was ambushed and two americans lay wounded up ahead. that is one sal and his men counter attacked again and again and again. they were being rains down with fire but they just kept...
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his name is staff sergeant salvatore giunta. some of you may have seen his story, but i want to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces, but also what it says about the country that we love. so three years ago, sal and his platoon were in korengal valley. when their patrol was ambushed, two americans lay wounded up ahead. that's when sal and his men counter-attacked. again and again and again, they were being rained down with fire. but they just kept counter- attacking because they wanted to get their two buddies. and when he saw one of his teammates wounded and being carried away by insurgents, sal rushed in to help his friends -- despite the bullets. despite the danger, he kept on pressing forward. it was an incredibly intense firefight. and by the time it was finished, every single member of that platoon had shrapnel or a bullet hole in their gear. five were wounded, and two had given their lives. now, sal is a pretty humble guy. and so when he came to the white house he said, "you know,
his name is staff sergeant salvatore giunta. some of you may have seen his story, but i want to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces, but also what it says about the country that we love. so three years ago, sal and his platoon were in korengal valley. when their patrol was ambushed, two americans lay wounded up ahead. that's when sal and his men counter-attacked. again and again and again, they were being rained down with fire. but they just kept...
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his name is staff sergeant salvatore giunta. some of you may have seen his story, but i want to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces, but also what it says about the country that we love. so three years ago, sal and his platoon were in korengal valley. when their patrol was ambushed, two americans lay wounded up ahead. that's when sal and his men counter-attacked. again and again and again, they were being rained down with fire. but they just kept counter- attacking because they wanted to get their two buddies. and when he saw one of his teammates wounded and being carried away by insurgents, sal rushed in to help his friends -- despite the bullets. despite the danger, he kept on pressing forward. it was an incredibly intense firefight. and by the time it was finished, every single member of that platoon had shrapnel or a bullet hole in their gear. five were wounded, and two had given their lives. now, sal is a pretty humble guy. and so when he came to the white house he said, "you know,
his name is staff sergeant salvatore giunta. some of you may have seen his story, but i want to tell it again tonight because of what it says not just about our armed forces, but also what it says about the country that we love. so three years ago, sal and his platoon were in korengal valley. when their patrol was ambushed, two americans lay wounded up ahead. that's when sal and his men counter-attacked. again and again and again, they were being rained down with fire. but they just kept...