president obama. he accused his predecessor of not calling the parents of fallen soldiers with expressions of pride and sorrow. let's listen. >> the traditional way, if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. >> right. he was asked to clarify. >> earlier you said that president obama never called the families of fallen soldiers. how can you make that claim? >> i don't know if he did. no, no. no. i was told that he didn't often. and a lot of presidents don't. they write letters. excuse me, peter. i do a combination of both. sometimes it's a very difficult thing to do. but i do a combination of both. president obama i think probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didn't. i don't know. that's what i was told. >> that's what i was told. that's what i was told. thank you. we were told by peter alexander the truth, which is previous