it is a national chronicle.you're a charter school operator in in the state, you will find that the opposition comes from unions and from democratic local officials. >> what is the reason the unions do not want charter schools? >> there is a turf war going on. the public education system has existed the way that it does now since just after world war i. and that is a lot of time. and the union has had a monopoly over for that amount of time. if you become a teacher and a public school system in new york city, you're automatically enrolled in the union, and that is a good position to have. they are of business, and their job is to protect teachers and charter schools are not required to unionize, and so that is a threat. >> where did the acorn group come from, and what is the status of acorn in this country today? >> acorn is been dissolved. it is probably a structured itself as a different organization. which varies by state. but at the time, they were a community-based organization, that the u.s. team -- uft pa

a new documentary, camp victory, afghan, chronicles american national guard units and their work with an afghan corps commander and his troops in the western part of the country. flim maker carol dysinger, a professor of graduate film and new media at new york university's film school spent an extensive amount of time in afghanistan between 2005-2008 and joins me now. you got in , well, on recruiting day. to be able to chronicle the life of an army from day one is a pretty amazing experience. >> yes. well, it was an amazing experience. i was very lucky to have the time to be able to sit there . i think the advantage i had and the access i got came from the fact that i could be there for so long and film for so long. sfaurz you make the. >> suarez: you make the point almost from the opening frames of the film that this is more than just getting young men to join the army. this is something starting behind square one. there's not really quite a country yet. why don't we take a look at that. >> okay. >> joining the national army is not just a privilege for one group. no ethnic group is s

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