has hair restrepo, their hamburger hill, their dunkirk. war is very dynamic. it changes continually because the enemy is changing his strategy as well and positions get abandoned and abstractly they know that. personally it was a very painful to see the withdrawal from the korengal, to watch restrepo be demolished with american explosives. that are very painful. and the meaning that place had they had to carry within their own hearts even though now it's essentially enemy territory again. >> brown: the new book is called "war" the new film is called "restrepo." sebastian junger, thank you for talking with us. >> thank you. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: heavy oil fouled more of the coastline in the gulf of mexico, as b.p. promised to expedite damage claims. the stock market rallied. ... late today coast guard admiral thad allen asked b.p. officials to meet with president obama next week. the stock market rallied. the dow jones industrials average gained 273 points. and thousands of people turned out for a concert in johannesburg, south af