i started my own foundation, the gather sinise foundation. involved in so many efforts in the last ten years. it just -- i needed to do more. so i created a foundation to help guide people to organizations, to help raise additional funds to support some of the programs that i'm creating and working on throughout the year. like i said, i've been involved with maybe 25, 30 wonderful organizations that have popped up to try to fill the gaps and fill the needs of our military service members and our first responders. >> that's why it's amazing to hear you say you felt you needed to do more. because you got your band. you got your foundation. you've been involved as the national spokesperson for the american vets disabled for life memorial which will be unveiled in the shah to of the u.s. capitol sometime next year. how is that project coming along? what's your expectation when that's done. >> the americans disabled for life memorial, the project has been in the works for quite some time. can you go the american veterans disabled for life memorial

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since 2004, gary sinise has been on the hit show and when not filming for the series, sinise is on theeutenant ban dand, named for his character in the movie "forest gump and that band performs at military bases around the world and here at home. this week i asked him about the troops and the family members that he meets. >> these families are resilient. they try to stay strong through the difficult times. we have, you know, considered the 101st airborne who last year lost a lot of soldiers in their deployment to afghanistan. if you consider a military base to be like a small town, and it is like a small town, you could have 60,000 people, you know, soldiers and family members on this particular base. and if you have a base that loses 130 people, killed in action, and many more wounded throughout that year, that's a lot to ask of a small town. just kind of use that comparison and you'll understand just how difficult it can be for some of these military families to get through. but they, you know, i met extraordinary, extraordinary people that are staying strong through the difficult ti

thanks for visiting with sinise. in that discussion, you know i am a strong supporter. refuel and operating sites. as a commandant has said, if we lose the f035b, there is no plan b. this would drastically cut the capability to cut power in the remote environment. recently when the f-15 airplane crashed in libya, the fighter jets conducted a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel in libya. the rescue forces took off from assault ships in the mediterranean. when the aircraft went down, there were no aircraft carriers in the area. i want to work with you to get the f-35b off probation. they determine probation has a negative connotation. what is a kind of a fact does it being on probation have on the ability to transition to a fighter? does it affect the base by putting suppliers on the notice and increasing protection costs a? >> it is everything you said. there is a firm requirement for it. the attractiveness of the variant is the ability to take off from the smaller deck. amos has indicated that is a capability he wants to have. that is why secretary gates who ori

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i recently talked with csi new york star gary sinise for his thoughts on that. >> clearly, honoring thosen that day and remembering what happened on that day is very, very important. and you know, there is a new generation of kids that don't even know what that day was about. so clearly, we went through a big tenth anniversary moment just recently where there was a lot of activity around the tenth anniversary of september 11th. the opening and the memorial there in new york city. a lot of looking back. a lot of retrospect and everything. and csi new york, our show is based there. my character is a 9/11 family member. he is somebody who lost his wife at the world trade center and we thought it was appropriate to begin our season with, in tribute to what happened on that day and to take a look back and see what our characters were going through at that moment. >> you can see my entire interview with gary this weekend starting at noon eastern this saturday. he speaks more with the season premier and his work with the american veterans disabled for life memorial. >>> brad pitt's newest film "

he did not give us the tax sinise said to pass it. he called on the american people. i hope you understand why all lot of us are skeptical when the president says pass the bill now. we see the failure of the stimulus bill. he did that with health care. when the president says pass a bill you can wonder why somebody wants to read a first and look at the details. now when we get to this issue of solyndra, you testified you were not in your position until november 2009. you acknowledge there was a file on solyndra. >> i read through all of the materials when i arrived. >> did you see the concerns being raised by your own agency back and prior to your coming that solyndra could go bankrupt by september 2011? >> i saw all of the materials related to the discussions. i need to reemphasize that the loan guarantee was for the construction of a physical factory which was stunned. >> it is your job to go through that a loan guarantee and see if there are things that meet the taxpayer interests. if you also needs to be aware of the way the program is being implemented. after you

he did not give us the tax sinise said to pass it. he called on the american people. i hope you understand why all lot of us are skeptical when the president says pass the bill now. we see the failure of the stimulus bill. he did that with health care. when the president says pass a bill you can wonder why somebody wants to read a first and look at the details. now when we get to this issue of solyndra, you testified you were not in your position until november 2009. you acknowledge there was a file on solyndra. >> i read through all of the materials when i arrived. >> did you see the concerns being raised by your own agency back and prior to your coming that solyndra could go bankrupt by september 2011? >> i saw all of the materials related to the discussions. i need to reemphasize that the loan guarantee was for the construction of a physical factory which was stunned. >> it is your job to go through that a loan guarantee and see if there are things that meet the taxpayer interests. if you also needs to be aware of the way the program is being implemented. after you