of ceremonies himself, mr. matthew webb and then, of course, we ll be hearing from the vice-president. we want to bring all of that to you as soon as it begins. they had to get to a slightly different local, it s again, in arlington national cemetery, but that s where they re getting ready to speak. colonel shaffer, again, we have two big memorials every year for veterans, for those who have fallen and for those who have served, memorial day and veterans day, is that enough? i think it s you don t want to go over the top, david. look, as kirk was just pointing out, we honor the service of those who have given everything they can for the country and many of us are very humbled by our service. we talked about who enlists. the military is the great equalizer, in 1981 when i enlisted i pulled kitchen patrol scrubbing pots as a private e-2. and i think we all have adequate representation, i think this
enter, basic level e-one, e-2. as you become an officer, it requires more. if he didn t disclose and they didn t check, this is how we may have ended up here. there is also question about the behavior. 2004, he got into the service even though he had a fairly significant criminal act in his background, shooting out tierz of a vehicle. he had an odd explanation at the time. anger blackout? right. those were the officers words. obviously he described it in a way where he didn t remember shooting out the tires because he was so angry. he avoided the police for a while. you had a number of instances. i thieve the question that s obvious is, how do you adjust for that in your military vetting process, when you re giving someone clearance? let s get past the honorable discharge because that s a little confusing. but you have all these arrests surrounding it. how does that not factor in? if there was no conviction depending on the level, they ll do a check. if he wasn t convicted o
help lay a little clarity over this disturbing, murky picture about a man troubled to say the least, yet got in there without a problem. it all depends on what level of discharge. i personally think he got out on a general discharge under honorable conditions, that s typically what you get if you have some type of misconduct. he gets out, has general discharge. now he s going for clearance. it all depends on what clearance they required. on some of them, you have to state whether you have any mental health issues because you can have mental health issues and hold a top-secret clearance. it s up to you to disclose it? yes. they can yank it if they find out you didn t disclose. there s secret level, top-secret level. cnn is reporting he had secret level two clearance, yet he did not have that clearance when he was active duty. most people who come in have a general do a basic background check when you just