after an r and r in hong kong, i went back to vietnam with a new $1,000 lico flex to replace my old nikon and a new fangled bolex 16 millimeter camera with a beautiful zoom lens and a new gizmo that leds you fade in and fade out. it seemed like a good idea at the time. wandering around the central highlands with my knew gear, i found myself one night at an airstrip with a medi vac chopper was waiting for a break in the action on the cambodian border. it was the first time a battalion was holding its ground and continuing to an attack a mechanized battalion riding in to bail them out. waiting was rick marn, the ap staff photographer, another stringer, tim page and myself. the crew chief said they'd go in at first light and bring out the wounded and dead and we could ride in but not out. it was a one-way trip into a battle where the arvan were taking heavy casual tis. rick marin said he had to go because horse fos sent him up there and he'd fire his ass if he didn't go in on the first chopper. page and i held an ernest discussion about the wisdom of perhaps waiting for the next medi vac whe

found in the audit and nikon firmed in the testimony that is veterans are not given the opportunity to actually offer a desired date for the next appointment. they were simply told when and where to show up, and no consideration or compassion to address the very real concerns that they have, and scheduling is not the only problem delivering mental health care. even though the v.a. increased staffing by 48%, both the i.g. and nick point out it is under staffed and lacks methodology to assess the staffing needs and no supplies that just one week after this hearing v.a. announced they're hiring 1,900 additional mental health staffers. that's great. good start. man, what have we been doing up to this point? we need to do it better. we have people's lives depending on these decisions that we're making. it is a good step as i said but how long will it take to actually fill these positions and what happens to that soldier who calls as has been happening with jacob manning and others and we'll hear from community groups that are helping, tom, general tom johns, to help veterans from the confli

when nikon satcom to news, being it trades on the bartender or someone else come in very someone there that says this is not how it is done. let's look at the bigger picture. i leave that with you because it's relevant and receive a daily basis and i insulted as a latino when i hear someone in our community question someone else in our community because they feel they have a. that is one issue in management. >> quickly in the martin case though, did it matter to you into your coverage banal to set and the designation changed from white to hispanic? bitmap was interesting as it didn't change in the hispanic world because we never started it. >> never ended. and of the subsequent change in places like "the new york times" have an impact? >> i read it and disgusted that in spanish language was never a matter of wafers is black versus hispanic versus black. it was robert thurman. there's a picture who shot trayvon martin. you make the vision of what he is. you know, that her son is that regardless of who killed and and it didn't change anything they do quiz by some in the elite media. firs