in tragedy captured by a camera lens will i ask is or ryan miller who documented the wars in iraq afghanistan and many other places. always in the sake of it but never in the fray always a witness never a participant wolf it's all give us don't take sides but the pictures and photos of tragedies really help prevent them or do they only make people aware and do images of conflict really reflect reality. zariah miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq afghanistan gaza welcome to the show it's great to have you with us can't wait to talk to you so zoraida you say that you always are brass to portray is a reality of what you see are you remaining an impartial observer of the advanced you are shooting. yeah i think impartial is something every journalist strives for it doesn't mean that i'm not emotionally invested in what i photograph obviously i am a human being and i have opinions on what i see and i have opinions on what is right and what is wrong and injustice and i'll obviously try everything i can to bring injustice to light and you kn

they are given the same treatment a soldier killed in iraq or afghanistan. i've been to many funerals where the old guard is performing a funeral for a soldier killed in .orld war ii, korea, vietnam sometimes, those funerals are small. they do not have any relatives. someone killed in world war ii, 18 years old, did not have a wife or children -- in some ways those funerals are as much for us, the living, as they are to honor those who died. we want to commemorate their service and lay them to rest on their own soil. all those young soldiers are looking at the way we honor our fallen heroes from 70 years ago. they know they take away from that the lessons our nation will pay any price, they will never stop looking for those fallen on the battlefield. it is a powerful message. host: a couple minutes left with you. president trump's introduction last week of his new overall overhaul of the immigration system in this country. you have worked on that effort. are you supporting the president's plan? guest: i think it is a step in the right direction. i want to re

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in tragedy captured by a camera lens while i ask the ryan miller who documented the wars in iraq afghanistan and many other places. always in the sake of it but never in the fray always a witness never a participant wolf it's all give us don't take sides but the pictures. and photos of tragedies really help prevent them make people aware and do images of conflict really reflect reality. so ryan miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq afghanistan gaza welcome to the show it's great to have you with us can't wait to talk to you so zoraida you say that you always are brass chopra trade is a reality of what you see are you remaining an impartial observer of the vans that you are shooting yeah i think impartial is something every journalist strives for it doesn't mean that i'm not emotionally invested in what i photograph obviously i i mean human being and i have opinions.

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miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq afghanistan gaza welcome to the show it's great to have you with us can't wait to talk to you so zoraida you say that you always are your brass to portray is a reality of what you see are you remaining an impartial observer of the vans that you are shooting. yeah i think impartial is something every journalist strives for it doesn't mean that i'm not emotionally invested in what i photograph obviously i am a human being and i have opinions on what i see and i have opinions on what is right and what is wrong and injustice and i'll obviously try everything i can to you know bring injustice to light and you know i suppose my definition of injustice is my own personal opinion so you know i am impartial but i do have feelings and i do. follow those feelings and i hope to try to portray them in the photographs that i capture i think how is i suppose what you're saying bring your personal opinion are the key words this personality hinder you in telling us story as truthfully as you can see dad in a way

the years back in 2010 thousands of documents and classified video relating to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public. detailed among other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq years later the. review routine to squint on the move and the deaths of inmates through harsh treatment. revealed approach clinton media bias string the presidential campaign and the plots to push bernie sunday's out of the race. leave us media picked up on the mountain over these new challenges and questioning the move of the justice department to the bullpen takes a look at the coverage. certainly there have been a number of voices who have come forward and expressed concern about freedom of the press and the implications of these charges against a son now it's important to note that the u.s. department of justice is insisting that julian assad is not a journalist however many of the voices that have stepped forward are saying that essentially that point doesn't really matter because what assad is accused of doing is what journalists do that would be publishing information making informati

over the years in 2010 thousands of documents and classified video related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public. leaked details some and other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq year later the so-called get my files revealed routine torture squanto them obeyed and the deaths of inmates through treatment and then in 2016 wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race. well the u.s. media's picked up on the mounting concern over these new charges against the sons questioning the move of the just this department on the scale of more pain takes a closer look at the coverage. certainly there have been a number of voices who have come forward and expressed concern about freedom of the press and the implications of these charges against a son now it's important to note that the u.s. department of justice is insisting that julian assange is not a journalist however many of the voices that have stepped forward are saying that essentially that point doesn't really matter because what ass

manning get thousands of documents the new papers published say including names included for iraq, afghanistan, iran and syria. those leaks created a grave and imminent risk that the people he named would suffer serious physical harm or detention the new charges are a shift. obama administration decided using against the charges. >> reporter: assange's lawyer calls the charges a wholesale attack on the freedom of speech but the justice department suggests wicky leaks does not deserve the protection of a news organization because he then put lives at risk. >>> the d of may is near in more ways than one, british prime minister is widely expected to announce her departure date later today with the future of brexit still in the air. live in london with the latest good morning >> good morning. are expecting may to give a public address in the next few hours and fill the nation in on her plans. we are not expting her to pack up immediately she has the president trump visit onune 3. she is not expected to start the leadership race until after that visit. becae it would be embarrassing to host the u.s

the years back in 2010 thousands of documents and classified video related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public league detailed among other things the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq a year later the so-called get my files reveal routine torture the guantanamo bay camp the deaths of inmates the harsh treatment and 2016 week leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race political activist kevin zeese says that washington is taking revenge on the such. i think a lot of reasons why they haven't done this in the past is because our science was democratizing the media he was broadening the people who could report people inside the government inside corporations could leak classified documents anonymously they want to frighten the media into not covering u.s. activity around the world the u.s. is often involved in there to be there could be characterized as war crimes certainly atrocities and certainly often corruption of our transnational corporations that was all the time i think it was report

the war in afghanistan the war in iraq and the resurgence of isys and the defeat of isys but it feelss always another iteration and you have studied this closely. are we a quarter of the way or halfway are we winning or losin losing? . >> we are winning no doubt. currently the numbers are around 1000 on the eastern side of syria on the iraqi border 300 or fighters the rest are women and children. they definitely have been put on their heels but the problem is it's no different than when the talent band calls a cease-fire that's just like backyard football. i'm out of breath. stop so they are recouping they are refitting for ammo to bring the fight back for you can just stop and say they are done. get out and move on because that's not how it works. >> so they are we done yet? you can finish it up because of a call a timeout is to resupply every group to come back in even though we are winning if we do that don't do that they will show back up it is a holy war i don't care what anybody calls it that's what they call it so if you are going after that you have to identify that. . >> to s

the veterans crisis line is a resource that we at iraq and afghanistan veterans of america point peoplefor crisis. it's the immediate place for people to go if they themselves are in crisis or if you know someone who may be in crisis. >> that's important, even if it's not you but you know someone and you don't feel like you have the tools to do something, you should call that hotline. >> absolutely, or encourage the other person to do so immediately. that should be your crisis resource. that being said, there are people who need help who may not be currently in crisis. and then we need to rally around them and provide additional resources for their health. >> today, 3:00 in the afternoon, your reminder for everyone. >> yes, please, we at iraq and afghanistan veterans of america are asking everyone to go silent at 3:00 p.m. this is a national moment of remembrance. it is a presidential proclamation. and everyone should take one minute at 3:00 p.m., stop what you're doing at your barbecue, at the beach, wherever you are, and think for a moment about those who have made the ultimate sacrif

forces has died in yemen, some all you, iraq, syria, libya, afghanistan. i do not think any american remembers when there was a vote to send u.s. trips into -- u.s. troops into somalia. congress is not doing their job and they are still using this authorization to send u.s. troops to fight organizations in africa that did not exist on 9/11. a newsflash that he u.s. soldier has died in combat who died -- was born after the towers fell. host: the authorization says the president can use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations and persons he determines planned, authorized, onmitted a terrorist attack september 11 or harvard organizations or persons in order to prevent future acts of international terrorism against the united states. what is wrong with the wording? guest: it is not necessarily how it has been written but how it is being interpreted. both the obama administration and the bush administration and now the donald trump administration is using the law, clearly designed to authorize force after 9/11, which was justified, we had to p

forces in iraq and afghanistan, very much in endangering their lives.ern about journalists being swept up in this but seems to me that there ought to be a way to distinguish. >> from my perspective having now worked on both sides in national security there's a very clear distinctioning line and gets crossed when you conspire with your sources to actually commit a legal act, peter, i'm sure you're not on the phone with your sources giving them keys about how to navigate classified government systems to extract information and then disseminate that information. that is where the line becomes drawn. assange did conspire with chelsea manning, becomes active participate in the illegal act. >> they already had him on that and helping triek trying to break the code for the -- so that they could get into this information, why do you need the espionage act? >> well, because you have to -- you need the espionage act because you helped defined the line between somebody who is serving as a foreign agent and somebody who is not. the espionage act comes into play whe

forces in iraq and afghanistan, very much endangering their lives.ern about journalists being swept up in this, but it seems to me that there ought to be a way to distinguish between the two. >> there is greater from my perspective having a work on both sides of this in the national security community and now as a journalist, there's a very clear distinguishing line and it gets crossed when you conspire with your sources to actually commit illegal acts. peter, i'm sure you're not on the phone with your sources giving them keys about how to navigate classified government systems to extract information and then disseminate that information. that is where the line become strong. if it's ultimately proven that he did -- julian assange stated conspire with chelsey manning to help her obtain the documents that she did, he becomes an active participant in the illegal acts. >> chris: the argument back would be they already had him on that because they had arctic ched him with conspiracy and that he was helping try to break the code so that they could get int

very detailed work discussion of international global the shoes we discussed syria libya yemen iraq afghanistan. as well as all the related to. see which are more possible shit but across the board our views are very close to. syria was one of the. highlights of our meeting today figgs through the efforts of the trio we in the last sixteen months see the very good progress on. on the political track so we've arranged a steps to be taken in the media future to create the situational committee. at the bare minimums and start talks supported by the syrian national dialogue car groups which was convened last year in so we ship on the initiative of the three guarantors and of course today we discussed at length the situation over the joint comprehensive plan of action some of which concerns the iranian nuclear program that the plan of action was endorsed was for years ago and it was because of us still validated by the u.n. security council resolution one year ago of united states announced drop which was . blasted as a violation of the joint comprehensive plan of action. and the u.n. security counc

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missions in iraq and afghanistan u.s. lease there runs into 2036 washington was among the only 6 countries who went against the u.n. resolution. earlier this year the international court of justice ruled that britain illegally split the islands and that they should return them to versus britain rejected the ruling and richest stuck the issue to the general assembly 2017 only 15 delegates opposed the colonization bid some in the u.k. also aren't happy about britain's claim to the islands. this is not a matter of degree or the general assembly it's a bilateral sovereignty dispute between the united kingdom. it is a complete case of double standards and in fact many african nations will have voted. in favor of the england giving it up right now the big occupier of this island is not the u.k. there are some you case that staffers from the military because it's all military but it's the united states that controls a lot of them drones have. afghanistan over the past few years came from this base it's also the the there's also

military and state department in iraq, afghanistan, iran, china and syria. those who leaked the indictment, it says, created a grave and imminent risk that the innocent people he named would suffer physical harm or detention. the obama decided against using the espionage laws against assange, concluding that prosecuting wikileaks would run afoul of the first amendment. assange's lawyer tonight calls the charges a whole sale attack it does not deserve the protections of a news organization because assange was so heavily involved in helping manning steal the documents and then put lives at risk. lester. >> pete williams in our washington newsroom thanks, pete >>> we will turn now to the man known as the american taliban who is a free man this evening. john walker lindh is out of prison after serving 17 years but his release has sparked outrage and has u.s. law enforcement watching him closely. here is nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: john walker lindh walked out of the federal prison in indiana earlier this morning he was sentenced to 20 years but qualified

both in afghanistan and iraq. their primary mission is to inspect materials that are being shipped back to the united states from a war zone. also for hazardous materials or pieces or items that should not be coming back into the united states. she deployed twice, once to afghanistan and iraq. she is now an officer in the united states coast guard. our second woman, retired navy commander tammy jo schultz. we know her as a southwest pilot who a few months ago successfully landed a southwest airliner that had taken off from laguardia. the engine blew leaving a hole in the fuselage. she successfully landed that. she was one of the first women in the navy to fly high performance aircraft. quite a story for this woman. >> center spot is a marine sergeant. she is one of 36 women marines who were permitted to serve in vietnam. she was a clerk. you can see from her picture, she did a lot of other things. volunteering at orphanages and things of that sort. she was able to travel around vietnam emily was a flight nurse dur

great sums of money into research investment when we were fighting in iraq and afghanistan. if you look across the board we see at the soldier level, making investments in combat systems where russians have deployed a new tank in the last several years, new defense systems and other things, doing research into much of what we are, hypersonic's, we have also seen both countries willing to employ forces to achieve near-term gains. those are the things we focus on. the key is to make the match going forward as we had in the past several decades. taking that overmatched deters aggression and preserves the peace. >> let me ask about the cultural transition. most compare this era to vietnam but it is different. in the vietnam era when folks were going back into europe the army was still focused on a power competition with leadership that had far the greatest of great power wars. everyone understood the difference gain, understood the importance of fighting in southeast asia but also addressing the warsaw pact and to a lesser degree china. the supreme commander, the cultural transi

some level you could argue that is justified under president trump was somalia and iraq and syria, libya, afghanistanon't think any american taxpayer remembers when there wasto a vote. that's because congress is not doing their constitutional job stilill using the 2001 authorization to said us troops to fight organizations in africa that did not even exist in pu 9/11. so any us soldier or marine those that were born after the towers fell. >> with the au mf to have all necessaryer force and those that attacks in order to prevent any acts of terrorism. so what is wrong with the wording quick. >> is not necessarily how it is written by interpreted. with the obama administration the bush and the trump administration is ing the wall which i think is very clearly designed to authorize forces after 9/11. meant to punish and kill those that were responsible for 9/11 terrorist attacks. we didn't oppose that at all but it is being used to justify conflicts that are clearly not related to 9/11. many groups we are goingf after in africa they did not exist online 11 with no relationship to those groups or individ

performed hundreds of funerals in 2007 and 2008, unfortunately funerals for soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistanr ceremony was digified transfer of remains at dover air force base, i had to carry the remains of my fallen comrades off an aircraft hours after they were killed in iraq or afghanistan. the guard is special unit and arlington is a special place and the nation expects young soldiers to give their best, to hold out. >> harris: i want to draw everybody's attention to this, that is you on the right in the blue shirt. your little one, you are at the grave site of a fallen soldier. talk to me about this book and this moment, if you can. >> arlington is sacred ground, i try to take my young children there to learn about the sacrifices our fallen heroes have made, as i know other families do, as well. we're at the grave site of staff sergeant dickmire, we served together in the old guard. we didn't know each other at the time, i met him years later in section 60. i noticed that silver tomb badge. he was the tomb sentinel, tomb of the unknown soldier, volunteered for deployment to afghanistan,

the years back in 2010 thousands of documents and classified video related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public that leaked details among other things indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq a year later the so-called get no files revealed in team torture at the guantanamo bay camp and the dusts of inmates through harsh treatment and in 2016 wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias during the 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push bernie sanders out of the race. live now to move everybody who's an independent journalist welcome to the program now how much do you think these new charges will affect the chances of a song now being extradited to the u.s. . well it makes it somehow more difficult for the british to send him to to your west to extradite him because it's heavier he had one count he has 18 counts of and it is based on the espionage act in the west which is much worse in a way so equal to face decades in prison if he's extradite him the same time you're saying that sweden as we launched the charges against him and the request for extradition for the ass

army ranger, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan, awarded the bronze star in combat.ion all of this because it matters to his appearance tonight. he's written a new book called "sacred duty." it's about the u.s. army old guard. the guardians of the tomb of the unknown soldier with whom captain tom cotton served prior to being senator tom cotton, and we'll get to iran in due time, but i want to start off by asking you about this book. i tell people visiting washington not to miss the changing of the guard, and i tell them further, if it's a rainy day or a snowy day, go visit then because they're always there. they haven't missed a step in decades. tell us about the old guard. >> brian, thanks for having me on. thanks for your interest in sacred duty and the old guard of arlington. as you say, the sentinels of the tomb of the unknown soldier have been guarding that sacred ground for 82 consecutive years now. the same principle applies to the soldiers with whom i served and the soldiers today as i write in "sacred duty" performing funerals. it may be sweltering heat, a m

. >> you have lived the story of the 9/11 generation of veterans and those who died in iraq and afghanistan, in new york city on september 11th, at ground zero, making rescues and helping people get out from under there, signed up, went to iraq, fought, came back, spent more than a decade fighting at iava for veterans of those wars. what are your thoughts about the brothers and sisters who you didn't get a chance to fight for, the ones who were lost in iraq, the ones lost in afghanistan, this most recent generation of the fallen? >> they're my friends and i think that's what kind of hits me the hardest, they're not just people i see on tv, not just names i read in a paper. they're my friends. guys like ed, he was 28 years old from nebraska, one of the nicest guys i met and he got killed by an rpg in fallujah. i want people to remember ed was a great american a great guy, he was a great son. you know, that's what i want. i want people to remember he shouldn't be forgotten and neither should all the other folks and think what ed would want and i would want is people to recommit to the folks s

in tragedy captured by a camera lens while i ask is araya miller who documented the wars in iraq afghanistan and many other places. always in the sake of it but never in the fray always a witness never a participant photographers don't take sides but their pictures and photos of tragedies really help prevent them make people aware and do images of conflict really reflect reality. so ryan miller award winning photographer who put himself in the line of danger to document wars in iraq.

british veterans from investigation and prosecution for crimes committed while serving in iraq and afghanistan she also wants to extend that to northern ireland to. the story. the new boss in here has proposed a new law one that would presume innocent of any offenses committed throughout the course. abroad more than 10 years ago although that rule could have exceptions for example if new evidence of alleged crimes were to come to light it is high time that we change the system and provide devide legal protections to make sure the decisions how service personnel take in the battlefield will not lead to repeated or unfair investigations down the line for the new defense secretary the new legislation is about making the system fairer and preventing what she called law fare repeated and unfair investigations against former soldiers this is not about preventing someone who's committed a crime from facing justice this is about stopping an industry that surrounds these processes which is not about the pursuit of justice i had at the iraq historic allegations team spent 7 years trolling through allega

facing the concept bump argument of crisis and challenges in people's lives from the invasions of iraq afghanistan september 11th the financial crisis bret's it this constant messaging of crisis and stress i think the average citizen when you speak to them doesn't see practically what can i do to bring about change so you may have some support for candidates who say they're opposed to war they're opposed to foreign interventions and then there are those promises are broken which most citizens are very used to from political leadership here in fort lee but i think we need to be working at this point in history drawing lessons from the civil rights movement the environmental movement the women's movement to really be building a broad based alliance of citizens and people from all different backgrounds recognizing the incredible destructiveness of war we can see what has resulted across the middle east and north africa following the invasions of iraq the war in syria libya and yemen and also dealing with dismissed that has been perpetuated for hundreds of years that war is good for business war is go

central command covering iraq, afghanistan, kuwait, and the united arab emirates. mr. president, wyoming and the entire nation owe an incredible debt of gratitude to these fearless fighters for our freedom, so god bless the united states armed forces, god bless our troops, our veterans, god bless the united states of america. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: good afternoon. i'm proud to speak today in honor of military appreciation month. our men and women in uniform are true heroes. they risk their lives every day to protect our freedoms and our way of life. i had the opportunity to serve in the united states navy during the vietnam war. my adopted father was one of the few who made all four combat jumps in the 82nd airborne during world war ii. as governor, i made it my mission to turn florida into the most military and veteran-friendly state in the nation, and we succeeded. we championed important legislation and funding to support priorities that matter most important to military

. >> i served 13 years in the guard, iraq, afghanistan, kuwait. >> what was your role? the army? infantry. >> probably not a big use for artillery. >> no you can't really walk into facebook and go, hey, i'm good at artillery. >> trevor: please welcome wyatt cenac! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ welcome to the show, my friend. >> thank you. >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show" and to the show. >> this is a totally different show. >> trevor: is it weird for you? because i've changed everything. do you not know where you're going and stuff? >> it's very strange. nothing looks familiar as all. you really did a gut renovation in this place. ( laughter ) and, like, it was like you brought a brooklyn brown stone and you were, like, all right, i'm going to gentrify the shit out of this. >> trevor: oh, man, it's great to have you back in the structure. >> yes. >> trevor: welcome back to the structure, and congratulations on the second season of your show. you know, a lot of people loved you on "the daily show" because you were, like, wyatt gets out into the streets and tackles a subject

there are around $150.00 investigations looking into alleged abuses by british soldiers in iraq and afghanistan the question is how the victims of those alleged abuses will ever get justice if these new proposals become law because so many detained so many killed the troops are the reason for the total destruction that the fate of those detained by them remains unknown to them. of course some against an amnesty because of the systematic killing some of the blood they say since no one cares we have to demand our rides through international courts because we're just simple people who just can't go by as sobs to get our voices heard. there is great concern here that the crimes will be forgotten many people haven't received any compensation for the damage those who lost their homes or became disabled what they're trying to do is create an exemption from european human rights or the soldiers of the battlefield that's obviously really dangerous because obviously the back of the is one place where there's lots of very wonderful people civilians armed others who might not be after that whose human righ

i would like to say, welcome home to iraq and afghanistan veterans.hey had a rough one over there. welcome home, brothers and sisters. we have been coming here for 32 years. to straighten out a few things, when we first came down here, some bikes came down and we also came down with our bikes. some of us marched and some of us rode bikes. thehanged it and we dropped march. we decided to only do bikes. it showed more power to have the motorcycles here. to let the government know why we are here, to wake them up. through the use, we have gotten a lot of legislation passed. some of the legislation, because of all of you being here all the , writing or calling your senators, we got legislation passed and we brought home jessica and the other pows from that first gulf war. we got them home alive. the legislation that you helped us pass. ago, in russia, a doctor was examining some patients. asylum.n an insane there was one particular man in their, he had been in there for almost 50 years. he was hungarian. they were russian. he did not understand them and t

veterans population is also if you take a look of those of the national guard to go through iraq and afghanistan to deal with courage and honor. through military appreciation month with a special group of people every day of the year with that appreciation that is deserved. thank you mister president i yield the floor. >> the senator from south dakot dakota. >> north dakota. >> i apologize. north l dakota. >> and in fact, north dakota and sign up at a rate of four times the national average. and then serving the family members but then to go about their business unaware of the dangers around the world and with the two airbases and then with that air base wing with the 319th reconnaissance was only one in three of its kind. and that is a base when my not north dakota and this is interesting because with the ballistic missiles because two of the three to find a stronger proponent because it's the only wind of its kind. and our great defense circular contest certainly with the nuclear triad. so with the weight of the world is on their shoulders but to now i will also mention and the air force is th

afghanistan. secretary, do you agree that the reason we have troops in iraq is to protect the american homeland from the radical islamic? >> i agree with that. >> do you agree that isys is -- isis is getting larger not smaller in afghanistan and? >> i do. >> do you agree that a platform is needed? >> it's [inaudible] >> it's in our national security interest as a platform do you agree with him never to a peaceful resolution on topic and denies the tablet and safe even? >> i believe pakistan plays an important role. >> do you agree with that general dunford? general dunford: i do, senator. libya, is that the policy it the policy of the united states and libya to support a peaceful resolution not a military solution? >> correct. >> are we picking one side over ? >> no? we still support the recognized government >> we ? 's support a diplomatic solution. >> i would recommend someone call the minister to let him know we are not taking sides. do you agree that that would be smart? that there's been confusion? >> communication is vital. >> we are almost done. iran -- if they restart their nuclear program,

and you also served in the warso in iraq and id a tour in afghanistan. >> mm-hmm. >> being a veteran and your service in the military, such a strong part of, i think, your world view as a senator, but it seems to me that you didn't always know that you would be in the military you were getting your law degree at harvard before you decided to join. what happened? >> yeah, i took something of aci uitous route into the military. most young men and women will join after high school or join afr college, become an officer. i was on into law school, and i planned to be a wyer, but the 9/11 attacks happened in my last year in law school, and that really changed my direction. i didn't want to practice law so nymore. i did for a couple years to repay all of my loans, but what i really wanted to do was go serve on the front lines. >> you were paying off law-school loans, and you could've easily gone into -- be an army lawyer or served in a cushier job in the military. and instead you went to th front lines in iraq. it was there, in between patrols, that you rely caught the attention of the cons