differences and you talk to senior administration officials and their point of view on this protracted political limbo is, well at least they are not bombing each other, they are not fighting in the streets and they are trying to work out, the political differences amicably and are taking a long time doing it. martha: i can tell it is very windy where major is and we often talk to him when he s about to be blown off of a location! if you can, mainly, let me ask you one more, if it holds up there. obviously, the president made made a strong point about pulling out of iraq as part of the presidential campaign and now with the recent wave of violence, are they concerned about the draw down in conjunction with the violence. reporter: the violence of course is a concern, at least 59 potential army recruits, the iraqi army, were killed last week lining up to sign up for the armed service in iraq. and, the administration looks at the level of violence, it is way, way down, and significant
progress is saving tax payers millions of dollars, with the help of visa digital currency. which lets troy reiners, manager of nebraska s child support payment center, put money into pre-paid visa accounts for just a penny. instead of mailing out checks for 59 cents each. now that s progress. visa. currency of progress. the death toll has now risen to at least 48 and the suicide attack targeting the army recruits in iraq. the bomber waited in line for hours with hundreds of other men who are recruitment center at baghdad before detonating his
in baghdad, iraqi officials say at least 60 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up today among hundreds of army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters. 125 others were wounded in one of the bloodiest bombings in weeks in the country s capital. the massive blast took place at a site that received about 250 new recruits each week as iraqi security forces try to bolster their ranks ahead of the u.s. military s withdrawal next year. and officials on a colombian resort island are calling it a miracle. and praising a pilot s skill for saving the lives of 130 passengers on board a plane that crash-landed in bad weather yesterday. amazingly, only one passenger died from an apparent heart attack, not injures sustained, of course, in this crash. when the boeing 737 jetliner broke apart as it slid onto the runway. authorities are now investigating whether a downdraft may have shaken the plane as it neared the island off the coast coast of nicaragua or if it was
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that s not good. i pulled a muscle in the rib cage trying to do it properly. i have to work through the pain. that s what these guys do. let s talk about this independence day and the fact you are swearing in the new army recruits. if they say, colonel, give me your best advice, what will you say to them? rely on the training and comrades. a lot of kids come up to me from time to time with some trepidation about serving in combat. whether or not they ll have the capability to do what they need to do. and ask about that. and i tell them all the same thing. they can do what they have to do. it is amazing how circumstances and being with your bouddyes and having to rely on them and vice versa, how that has a tendency to get you to focus. there is a brotherhood, isn t there? i think obviously if you talk to the young men and women who are serving overseas, you know, they re patriotic an they love their country and, you know,