marine uniform. this continues on to this day. indians are about the most patriotic people in the americas, they're the largest minority represented in the u.s. military. just a remarkable group. and indians look forward to serving in the military and the important thing is that their people at home support them after they come home. one of my indian friends said we feel so sorry for non-indian veterans because when they get home they are forgotten. in our communities they are always remembered. and this warrior tradition is not male only. i got this picture a couple of days ago but this is the first female indian honor guard. they are all active duty. and so they in fact they call themselves the native american women's honor guard because they want people to realize that women warriors are out there doing the same things men do. two are crow and one is navajo and one is a cheyenne. uniform from day one. george washington recruited about 2,000 indians. in the early days they often were scouts but the war of 1812, they became, you

we really were proud to wear that uniform with all those things that were on the uniform, and now you're cutting into it and remixing those memories or those bone deep sensations. and at a certain point, the creativity starts flowing in terms of the discussions that are going on. what am i going to do with the paper. so i decided to do a small collection of poetry, life after war, it can creep' up on you. it came back in pretty good shape, but knew others who died. write, talk, create art about war, share what's happening with others. one day, damn, you're an old-timer who has lived a lot of life, after a war. >> coming into this atmosphere i was, i knew i had things inside that i had never talked about and i was intimidated how vulnerable it would feel to have them come out. it's amazing how similar stories from our war are the same as stories from world war ii. chopper went down, and there was like six guys that went down and drowned with the chopper. and i remember this one kid that we pulled out and he was smiling back at me, and i'll never forget his face. >> i don't know how many s

the same share person out of uniform. and aggressive ice hockey player, and the same young man with a friendly expression. these contrasts fascinate helen. her exhibition explores this notion of offices and allowed it to discover the power a uniform has on its wearer. >> in private, they are more laid-back. of course, they want to be seen as friendly people. for some of them, the difference between public and private persona is very big. for some others, the two are almost the same. but for the majority, there is a huge contrast. >> she did not tell her subjects how to pose for the camera, but she says most felt more comfortable showing themselves in uniform. she photographed 70 men and women from nine different countries in their professional attire and there after workloads. -- their after-work clothes. >> when i wear a uniform, and taken notice of. i'm somebody. when i'm out of uniform, i disappear. that is a very big theme -- that people want to be seen and they are something special. >> that applies to the sumo wrest

out of uniform, memorial weekend, the first since world war ii when both presidential candidates avoided military service. with the cold war behind us, the threat from the soviets, is this the look from the future. hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, joe klein, kasie hunt, helene cooper and major garrett. first up, the country is worried about the future, jobs aren't on the swup swing. europe is risking our retirement savings. big majority say we're on the wrong track. that story has been brewing for a while. what is new this week is that president obama and mitt romney are going at it over who is best qualified to deal with it. >> if your main argument is i know how to grow the economy is i know how to make a lot of money for investors, then you're missing what this job is about. >> the president's experience has been exclusively in politics and as a community organizer. both of those are fine areas of endeavor. right now we have an economy in trouble. chris: a new poll shows the country fears the problems are greater than the usual ups and downs of the business

retired philadelphia police captain ray lewis decided to make a bold statement to wear his police uniform all protesting at the occupy wall street movement at zuccotti park along with two hundred fifty other protesters he was arrested on nov seventeenth day of action lewis became a national icon shattering the image of the police as the enemy but at the same time he encountered serious backlash even though he served twenty four loyal years in the force he was expelled and stripped of his union benefits. now you do a lot to be booted from the fraternal order of police but apparently expressing your first and then rights one uniform across that line while captain lewis may have lost is that if it's many say you gave a much needed credibility to a movement painted by the corporate media about as a bunch of so-called hippies and through it all he's still protesting in uniform to this day to talk further about what he experienced and more or less joined us earlier today i first asked him if he was prepared for the firestorm he received for protesting on uniform take a listen. abbi thanks for h

from the fraternal order of police but apparently expressing your first amendment rights while in uniform cross that line captain lewis may have lost his benefits some may say he gave a much needed credibility to a movement that was painted by the media as a bunch of so-called hippies and through it all he still post protested in uniform to this very day well ray lewis and self joins us from our new york studio to talk about his personal trials as well as the occupy movements tramp's thanks for joining us ray ray when you went out there with your uniform on did you have any idea the firestorm that they would be rained on you for doing this. abbie thanks for having me first of all and yes i was prepared for that and i realized it was going to happen and i want to head with it anyway but let me make one correction i think you said i was expelled from my union and that they are that has not been decided yet but that decision will be made surely whether to expel me or not all right well thank you for that clarification i wanted to just mention you know you asked multiple rhetorical questions

end of the blue uniform here, a well-known gentlemen, our police chief, greg suhr. good to see you. to my letter to your right is ken from our city administrator's office but also in uniform tonight is our fire chief, chief hayes-white.

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had a brown uniform on. guy delivered the telegrams. and they all screamed. and you know what they say? i ain't allowed to curse. but the women, it's all right for them. and my mother and everybody else's mother. and they hollered, oh, my god, my mother said, look at this, look. they looked. and they hollered keep going, you son of a bitch! keep going, you son of a bitch! and every time he would look like he was going to stop, they would say keep going, keep going. and once he did, he stopped in front of mrs. nelson's house. i'm witness to this. and he said it's mrs. nelson's house and they all -- here he had his brace on his pants leg broke and it got caught in the wheel of the bicycle. after he adjusted, he got back on and he continued his ride down the street. my mother come in the house and i said to her, ma, what are you all excited about? she said, babe, that's the man that tlidelivers the telegram a it could have been your house, her house, mrs. bailey, mrs. thompson. so then i knew. i said how often does this go on? she said, every morning. every morn

they definitely use police and other uniform forces but to be able to use out of uniform force s way own people in ways you do not want to have to defend or explain. you can direct them to do anything you want and you can deny responsibility for everything they do. that's what the u.s. government says is happening now in yet another country, in syria where a 15-month uprising is blamed for between 9,000 and 12,000 deaths already. more than 100 of those deaths occurred at once on friday. 108 people killed. 83 of them women and children. a u.n. investigation says many of the deaths appear to be summary executions. whole families shot inside their houses. just wiped out. the u.n. report doesn't say who committed the killings. witnesses, including one survivor and only survived thanks to being left for dead said most of the killings were committed by pro-government militia men acting for the government but while not wearing uniforms. true to type, the syrian government says it's not responsibility for what happened this weekend. they are blaming the massacre on terrorists. the u.s. gover

i have the deepest, deepest respect and gratitude for men and women that i see in the uniforms. it is for the men in the uniforms, what we first saw, and especially you guys, you, in our opinion, called the liberators. because if you wouldn't have come, another three months, none of us, none of us would have survived the war. so my gratitude, my salute, and my thank you to you men and women in the uniform for serving today and saving the lives of other people. and you men that liberated the concentration camps. although you did not liberate me or mine, the camp that i was on, but that doesn't make any difference. you liberated other people that otherwise would not be alive today. my deepest gratitude, my deepest thanks to you. i cannot tell you how much and how i can say thank you to you. [ applause ] >> when platz kolin was invaded by the germans in 1939, izzy and his family buried several religious artifacts in the bottom of a basement in a house. in two weeks, we are taking izzy back to that house where he's going to unearth those artifacts and look at them for the first time

people calling it a disgrace to the uniform. breast feeding is an off duty assignment in civilian clothes. practitioners and moms see it differently. >> it is a basic thing for a month to feed their baby. >> when i heard somebody say it was unprofessional, i thought ok. women in the military are allowed to feed themselves. why would it be unprofessional to feed their babies. >> whether are some policies about what they can do in uniform, the matter of breast- feeding has not been addressed. some do not understand the controversy. >> if it is normal to do that in public i think it is normal for them to do it. >> one of the women had this to say about the controversy. i am proud to be wearing a uniform while breast-feeding. i hope it encourages others to know they can whether they are active duty, civilians. >> the first privately owned space craft to visit the space station is back on earth. it crashed into these pacific ocean today. it is expected to make its next trip in september. nasa hopes to eventually use private companies

time he showed up in a chiefs uniform or jerry rice in a raiders uniform. you see it, but your mind wants to send you an error message. manning looked crisp and in control today, even if he looked a little weird and a denver bronco uniform. he waited a year and half to get back, playing field after neck surgery. stick around, we are back with stick around, we are back with a x police say young woman was attacked and sexually assaulted in an annapolis alley. why investigators are extra concern. this may look like a science experiment, but local police are worried that a concoction of household products could have dangerous consequences. dangerous consequences. those storie let's...uh, skip the chitchat and get down to business here. now listen, i need all of you thinking of ways to improve our bottom line. so let's just sit here awhile and toss around some ideas. this isn't a conference call, hickle -- i'm actually in the room. [ male announcer ] with fares this low, why not surprise a few people? airtran is having a sale with flights all over the country st

uniform swap and assess uniforms walking into a kindergarten or two before and what they describe as apache or to a bringing less than two three four year old kids they tell stories about the lucky an s.s. legion which was fighting back in the 1940's on the german side against the allied forces but not only they were wearing s.s. uniforms but they also brought weapons from the one thousand forties the ones which were used by the s.s. legion a lot in the war those were machine guns and even grenades and they even let the kids play with these weapons this incident is not a one off for this baltic states certainly every year on march the sixteenth they are organizing marches of the former s.s. the s.s. veterans certainly this has been causing widespread condemnation in russia and in many post soviet states because of the attempts of the baltic states to rewrite history to glorify nazis and certainly this new incident adds new more fuel to this fire and it's interesting to see whether there will be any reaction coming from the european union which a lot is certainly a member of because j

the men and women in uniform that are around the room here tonight in uniform are here to represent their colleagues in the five services of our country and we applaud them and had an opportunity right before dinner was served to have them backstage and get paragraphs with rather significant military leaders like general powell and all the honorees, which was a great treat for them, but each including general powell, said it was a bigger treat for them, the honorees, to get their picture taken with these enlisted men and women. as an ol army sergeant, for a marine, he's not done a bad job. he's all right. sergeant major, please come up. ♪ ♪ >> senator hagel, members of the atlantic council, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. as i stand before you, illuminated with pride, let me thank you for this prestigious honor you have bestowed upon the enlisted men and women, those who have served and those who are serving as members of our united states armed forces. we are extremely grateful. [ applause ] >> thank you. we are extremely grateful to be recognized alongside such

i am hoping this common sense effort to do right by our men and women in uniform will become law. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 4045 and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from guam is recognized. ms. bordallo: i yield myself such time as i i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. bordallo: i rise in strong support of this bill and i thank the gentleman from minnesota, mr. kline, for bringing this measure to the floor. i appreciate his continued leadership on pre- and post-deployment issues for the national guard. bethill -- the bill will correct an injustice for our national guardsmen and reservists who have been putting their lives on the line to defend our nation. the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill includes a provision that also address this is problem, but regardless, this sends a clear message to the department of defense that we want to fix this problem and quickly. the bill gives d.o.d. the clear authority they need to make the necessary changes and to do so before the defense au

that standard is the uniform code of military justice.the men and women of our all volunteer force is on combat and those who served, who choose to be buried at arlington national cemetery deserve the honor of having a uniformed commanding officer to watch over them as they rest, to set and enforce a standard of military excellent, commitment, honor and integrity that only those serving in uniform can comprehend. an officer operating on the uniform code of military justice will be held to the highest standards of accountability. this is much higher from that which could be achieved by a civilian to get there in the department of defense for the va, working under the federal personal standards. ladies and gentlemen, we owe that to do here is this nation as they lay at rest in arlington. that mr. chairman, i would like unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment. >> the gentleman withdraws his amendment. any other amendments to the subcommittee report? >> mr. chairman, i've been amendment amendment at the desk. 054 r. one jalan from missis

the border the start of the uniform and the remarks or some one end of it period. war egypt will close. when napoleon invaded russia it was if you did this year we mark the any burst of your bill street battles. that she's. lost but if that. was our ally carolina in the sink you will see that those three halls they leave into each other one into another. and they say that this year march. the composer even offer a cabbage this is terrible uniform but if those chaps are wearing is wrong reflecting i'm told much of russia is well you can see the austrians uniforms the glorious military. color resembling uniform was of one of the oldest elite regiments of the russian army formed by peter the great is the late seventies censuring and the style of the uniform of headgear they were. in the style of the war of eighteen twelve when the poland invaded russia was defeated most of the get this year marking the two hundredth anniversary of those great falls just in case people were wondering why those cards are carrying two flags well first flag is obvious to the flag the russ

others have compared this to defecating in uniform. what is your response to that? >> reporter: when i hear that, it's sad, the remarks anyone can make. it's sad that anyone in the culture can be shocked by the basic act of breast-feeding one's baby women are allowed to eat in uniform. so, it's not -- if it's considered, not considered unprofessional to feed one's self in uniform, you can't be denied to feed one baby's in uniform. >> huh. >> and full disclosure here, i have three children myself and nourished all three and i hate to play devil's advocate here, would it be too too much ask a mother in uniform to change into civilian clothing before nurse something. >> women today are already hurt, facing so many hurdles with breast feeding. when our women go back to work, they're now continuing to deal with adjustments to motherhood, the new baby, family priorities and trying to maintain a pumping schedule, location to use a breast pump, pump supplies and maintain a breast- feeding connect. if we tell women in the military to change their cloths to connect and breast

while the current administration is slashing the numbers of uniformed military personnel, over the next five years it's shown little indication it plans to take commencery cuts to the federal workforce hired to support the universaled men and women. >> now that the department is making tough decisions about a defense platforms, by retiring ships and combat aircraft and putting off the purchases of some new weapon systems it is sometime we take action to cure this imbalance. in the summer of 2010, then defense secretary robert gates announced a series of cost-saving initiatives to create efficiencies in the face of mounting budget pressures. eliminated a number of civilian jobs at 778,000, and recommended further cuts. two years later civilian employment within the department of it defense had ridden by nearly 23,000 personnel. defeat recommendations by the defense business board, the maeth been unable or unwilling to reduce the number of civilian employees inside the department of defense. this is why it is fellows implement guidance to the department that will force them to change. the

there is a need for a uniform policy for all students. students should not be punished for having to go to the bagram sense it is a human need. -- bathroom sinsce it is a human need. students should not be punished for having their great lowered for having to take one trip to the bathroom. coat it is not fair to them and it is not fair to the teachers -- i do not know what i am saying. sorry. bye. [laughter] [applause] >> i am a junior at balboa high school and a historian. during my freshman and sophomore year, are about terms or locked in during class time but we were supposed to have time during lunch time. unfortunately, the bathrooms are usually closed to route the data. the only way was to find a security guard. i cannot count the amount of times i have been locked out of a bathroom with no way in. not being able to go to the bathroom is very frustrating. it has caused me agony over these past few years. for these reasons i request that you pass this policy. thank you. >> i am a junior and a member of the student advisory council. i

. >> dan: tonight nearly 300 alaska flight attendants say the new uniforms look good but are making them sick. they say the uniforms are doing to their skin, dots and irritation on their backs and even in their eyes. they concede there is a problem but numerous tests have not turned up a cause for these reactions. getting new uniforms might be the answer but the costs could be prohibitive. >> one of yahoo shareholders issued a mate up, fire scott thompson or else. his degree is actually in accounting. yahoo is investigating and where urging employees to stay focused. in memo obtained, he says i'm doing what you are doing, staying focused on our customers and moving yahoo forward fast. >> dan: coming up next, the secret service scandal. the woman at the center of it all tells her side what happened that night in colombia. >> summer job reinvented. teams are becoming internet entrepreneurs. >> and mass for the ages, 81-year-old billionaire and a prodigy. >> coming up next on "nightline," it started as a challenge to re-ignite mir tal romance with a solid week of love making and ended surpr

and don't forget he used our men and women in uniform as a backdrop.epublicans, i know the truth hurts, but in this instance it's not enough -- it doesn't hurt enough to cry over it, however, though president obama has only himself to blame for giving his critics the talking point. >> but we don't need to spike the football. >> at first he, his administration and democrats denied spiking the ball, politicizing the issue, and then this. >> happening now, breaking news. president obama is in afghanistan. he's catching the world off guard. >> on the anniversary of bin laden's death, the president shows up in afghanistan on a surprise trip. it is his prerogative as commander in chief, and our men and women in uniform were ecstatic to see him, but to deny that this wasn't calculated in an election year is disingenuous to say the least. there are 364 other days in the year to visit afghanistan than on the bin laden anniversary. so why not just own it. nothing wrong with that. especially if it's true. just like it's true that the right is crying foul because

those of you who stayed in uniform, you rose through the ranks, became leaders in every service.ebuilt our military into the finest force that the world has ever known. [ applause ] and let's remember all those vietnam veterans who came back and served again in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. you did not stop serving. [ applause ] even as you succeeded in all these endeavors, you did something more. maybe the most important thing you did. you looked after each other. when your government didn't live up to its responsibilities, you spoke out. fighting for the care and benefits you had earned and over time transforming the v.a. and, of course, one of these vietnam veterans is now our outstanding secretary of veterans affairs, rick shinseki. you looked after one another. you cared for one another. people weren't always talking about ptsd at the time. you understood it and you were there for each other. just as importantly, you didn't just take care of your own, you cared for those that followed. you made it your mission to make sure today's troops get the respect and support that

they modeled the old school burgundy and gold uniforms.on of the 1937 redskins uniform complete with the leather helmet look and a different shade of burgundy. if you couldn't tell there. the team will wear those throwback jerseys -- i don't know about the leather helmets. they will do that twice this season. >> i like the uniforms. but apparently the only uniform you'll see this weekend is the one right here. hello! >> look at you rocking the red! >> the caps are taking on the new york rangers in the seventh final game. they're playing in new york, though. you know what happened last series -- >> that's a little big. >> it is. nicholas backstrom. >> good stuff. >> you know, winner takes all. >> yes. >> in the last series, we beat boston in boston and won the series. we can do it again. i'm confident. go, caps. >> in new york, beat the rangers. i feel like i should throw you an elbow. >> don't do. that i don't have my helmet on and all the padding. all the stuff. >> you can catch the game on the nbc sports network. of course, puck drops at

those of you who stayed in uniform, you rose through the ranks, became leaders in every service.ebuilt our military into the finest force that the world has ever known. [ applause ] and let's remember all those vietnam veterans who came back and served again in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. you did not stop serving. [ applause ] even as you succeeded in all these endeavors, you did something more. maybe the most important thing you did. you looked after each other. when your government didn't live up to its responsibilities, you spoke out. fighting for the care and benefits you had earned and over time transforming the v.a. and, of course, one of these vietnam veterans is now our outstanding secretary of veterans affairs, rick shinseki. you looked after one another. you cared for one another. people weren't always talking about ptsd at the time. you understood it and you were there for each other. just as importantly, you didn't just take care of your own, you cared for those that followed. you made it your mission to make sure today's troops get the respect and support that