Few days later. On february of 2010, the Second Lieutenant was awarded the silver star for his her road actions. , it wasme during this not mentioned that he was searching for bergdahl. Only a high interest taliban. When bergdahl was portray as serving with honor, he soldiers who were there contacted my wife to make sure they understood what a hero was. Walking awaydahls was a factor in darryns death. If you want to know what happened, ask the listed people. Listed people cant tell you exactly what happened. That bergdahlmony walked away. He was killed while looking for him. Thank you, mr. Andrews. The committee will now hear from the specialist. Ranking members of the subcommittee, thank you for allowing me to share the firsthand account of my experiences serving in afghanistan. One of the things that i , hegnize about bergdahl was always asking questions. He blended in when he needed to be. He was in the right place at the right time, right uniform. We train for an upcoming deploymen
Troubled with the insistence the deal made two free five taliban leaders in a change for Sergeant Bergdahl was the best deal we could get. The Washington Post reports that among the taliban and five are an interior minister with ties to osama bin laden, the former taliban army chief of staff, who was thought to have been present when cia officer was killed in 2001, and operatives to work closely with al qaeda, won his case file is the most endemic and former taliban leaders detained at guantanamo. I dont know how many of my colleagues have been able to look into the eyes of those involved in killing so many. I have been there three times. As much as i would like to think they have learned the error of their ways, and one of the more than to spend a quiet life with their families, i am afraid you would have to put me down in the skeptical column. The chair will hear the testimony of one more member. We will hear the rest of them after the vote. I want to thank the ranking members for ho
Thanks at home for joining us this hour. This is one of those records from history that looks different to us now through our pandemic eyes. But have a look. Here it is. This is closing time at the polls in birmingham, alabama, in may may of 1966 because we are all now citizens of pandemic 2020, you see a photo of anybody crowded together like this anymore and it flips your stomach over a little bit, right . Youre too close together. Nobodys got a mask. It activates something in us now to see that. But there they are, a thousand people or more all crowded into that one alabama polling place, may 3rd, 1966 in birmingham. Cant do that nowadays for any reason. But theres something important to know about this photo, both for then and for us now. Again, that photo is 1966. The year before that photo was taken in alabama, the future congressman john lewis was very nearly killed while he was trying to lead a march for Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus bridge at selma, alabama. John lewi
Now citizens of pandemic 2020, you see a photo of anybody crowded together like this anymore and it flips your stomach over a little bit, right . Youre too close together. Nobodys got a mask. It activates something in us now to see that. But there they are, a thousand people or more all crowded into that one alabama polling place, may 3rd, 1966 in birmingham. Cant do that nowadays for any reason. But theres something important to know about this photo, both for then and for us now. Again, that photo is 1966. The year before that photo was taken in alabama, the future congressman john lewis was very nearly killed while he was trying to lead a march for Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus bridge at selma, alabama. John lewis and his fellow marchers, black and white, mostly black, were set upon by Alabama State troopers and by a minuted posse the local sheriff had rounded up against local white men. The violence that day against the marchers was horrifying. It turned out the country wa
From history that looks different to us now through our pandemic eyes. But have a look. Here it is. This is closing time at the polls in birmingham, alabama, in may of 1966 because we are all now citizens of pandemic 2020, you see a photo of anybody crowded together like this anymore and it flips your stomach over a little bit, right . Youre too close together. Nobodys got a mask. It activates something in us now to see that. But there they are, a thousand people or more all crowded into that one alabama polling place, may 3rd, 1966 in birmingham. Cant do that nowadays for any reason. But theres something important to know about this photo, both for then and for us now. Again, that photo is 1966. The year before that photo was taken in alabama, the future congressman john lewis was very nearly killed while he was trying to lead a march for Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus bridge at selma, alabama. John lewis and his fellow marchers, black and white, mostly black, were set upon by