too jazzy. and steve colbert s view on chris christie s tv viewing habits. we ll have that story and a check on weather when way too early comes right back. one of the most agonizing moments in american military history, they were 200 miles from the hostages but they couldn t go on. not all of them returned. while the helicopters were being refueled for the return trip, one of them exploded. eight men died, four more were burned a huge fireball illuminated the darkness of the night.
servicemen over there, whether american or ally came home. shepard: the military gave kyle a chestful of medals including chest full of stars. bronze star valor. kyle left the u.s. navy in 2009 and dedicated himself to helping his fellow veterans. chris kyle was an incredible person. i mean, all the headlines are that he is the most deadly and proficient sniper in american military history. that s part of it. but chris is probably one of the most kind, compassionate people that you would ever meet. and he dedicated his life to helping veterans readjust from combat. shepard: exactly what investigators say he was trying to do as he died. you see, according to the authorities, kyle and his friend had taken the former marine, ralph, to a shooting range to try to help him work through his post-traumatic stress disorder. a hunting guide later found the bodies of kyle and his friend. investigators say ralph admitted to his sister that he did, indeed, kill both men. now he is facing murd
makes it look good, war sucks. martha: very interesting exchange there. kyle dedicated much of his time after he retired to helping fellow veterans get back into civilian life. that s what he was doing at a gun range this weekend when they say another veteran turned the gun on him. one of chris friends say there was so much more to chris, more than just what you saw there, more than just being a navy seal. chris kyle was an incredible person. all the headlines are that he s the most deadly and proficient sniper in american military history and that is certainly part of it, but chris is probably one of the most kind, compassionate people that you d ever meet. and he dedicated his life to helping veterans readjust from combat. martha: that he did. chris kyle was marry, he had two children an was 30 year 30 year30 of 38 years old.
the services, are they capable of handling what it takes to be in the military? and then we discover after the fact that there were problems before and so on. we re in an environment in which we have an all-volunteer force. we need to do a better job at assessing time. we don t take just anybody. well, chris kyle was known as the most lethal sniper in american military history. he was shown among his comrades for reaching out to them. the suspect is thought to be one of the very people chris kyle was helping. isn t this a call in and of itself for additional government assistance in terms of the condition of these people? because as we know, it s very hard to ascertain on occasions whether someone is suffering with ptsd. that s part of the problem. as you know, we ve spoken before, there used to be a tremendous stigma about identifying yourself self-identifying.
secretary of defense. the first vietnam veteran to serve as secretary of defense. i want someone who knows what words like before we send our young men and women back into harm s way who has been there and gets it and isn t going to be kowtowed by the neocon. he didn t ask whether or not it was a good idea to go into iraq and abandon afghanistan for seven years and try to go back seven years later and pick up the pieces when it was too late to do so. and i don t think you ll get anybody they have you team will agree that was a great idea particularly in retrospect to go to iraq. the question that mccain asked was whether or not the hyperbole that hagel had calling the surge the worst the biggest mistake in american military history since vietnam the biggest blunder since vietnam that was the question and