. >>> master sergeant crystal smith in southwest asia. sending this message to george sean carter and iris carter in allentown, virginia. i want to wish you a blessed and memorable holiday season. i'm proud of you, sean. keep pressing on, babe. >>> security at local emergency rooms is in question after a man fires a flair gun inside of a maryland hospital. digital correspondent kristin fisher has more from prince georges hospital center in cheverly. >> reporter: 39-year-old evan gerald graham walked in the emergency room on saturday night. but when he became disorderly with staff, he was asked to leave by a security guard. >> pulled out a flare gun and pointed it at the security guard. after that he fired two shots in to the air, struck the ceiling of the hospital. >> reporter: fortunately no one here was injured in the incident but that's not always the case. health care workers are twice as likely as those in other fields to be injured in a violent act at work and the emergency room is by far the most dangerous place. 20% of emergency d

combat operations in southwest asia stands at 5,287 with 931 of the deaths occurring in afghanistan. meanwhile, more than 40 other countries operating under united nations authority, the united kingdom, canada, germany, france, poland, australia and others, have over 30,000 troops in afghanistan and have suffered casualties as 2010, therefor example there will be more than 140,000 u.s. and allied military personnel inñr afghanistan. as of september 2009, there were 104 contractor employees working for the department of defense in afghanistan. the congressional research service estimated just this week that the troops surge in afghanistan could raise the number of d.o.d. contractors working there to between 130,000 and 160,000. we would note that those numbers, striking as they are, do not include the thousands of department of state and u.s. a.i.d. contractors in afghanistan. considerably speaking, then, the total war fighter and contractor work force in that country will likely exceed 300,000 by the end of 2010. the u.n. sanction military presence in afghanistan is large and growing

they're watching around the world in iraq, germany, italy, southwest asia and japan. we welcome all of you. >> marques: my friend and chris and i were talking about it playing ball in italy. the american sports was the one lifeline that was going on. we'd go to the army base in italy and watch duke and wake forest. when that shot was hit by tate george to pull that game out. i understand how important the american forces network is from personal experience. >> barry: we're glad to be with them. green with three. >> marques: another great job of executing on the inbound play. that's kind of a lost cause. you talk about mid-range jump shots being lost arts. look at the score on inbound plays. >> barry: the cardinal not going away. long three by muonelo. he has another one. >> marques: muonelo, a strong body, looks like he could be a future nfl tight end, but he's got that kind of range, especially in the groove and he's officially in the groove this evening. >> barry: 13 points in the second half by muonelo. a long-range by green. >> marques: other guys have to step up

acquisition work force in southwest asia had not kept pace with the growth of its contract oversightditionary military operations have placed extraordinary demands on the d.o.d. contracting system. which was you may know significantly reduced in the 19 90's. the result was a relatively small number of d.o.d. contracting personnel, had been assigned responsibilities for an unreasonably large number of contracts. a report, the office of the inspector general issued, this september, validated that concern with respect to afghanistan. particularly with respect to the train and mentor mission. it found that the lack of sufficient, well-trained, and experienced contract oversight support for cstica and the u.s. army corps of engineers had resulted in an ongoing failure to ensure that contractors selected had the expertise to meet performance standards. moreover, rapid turnover of contracting officers and contracting officers' representatives, after three to six month tours, had prevented oversight continuity and hindered effectiveness. d.o.d. contract oversight is progressing, however. in