wartime. you ve served up close with former secretary leon panetta. you ve seen this process. tell us about it. brian, on august 6th, 2011, we lost 30 guys when a helicopter was shot out of the sky in wardok province, afghanistan. john kelly, now the chief of staff, who was then serving in the pentagon as senior military adviser to panetta, called the secretary, called myself and told us about it and with the president, many of us went to dover, not only to greet back the remains of our fallen heroes, but, in fact, to console and condole the family and friends of the loved ones. it was a huge haul. i saw the president personally, president obama go up to each family member and spend several moments with each. this is something the president did regularly. president bush had to do it. previous president had to do it. they make phone calls, handwrite letters. visit with goal star families.
the rest of the military can expect from what might be a prolonged engagement there. yeah, would be nice to know more about that. mr. bash, we asked that you be us tonight because you have served at the pentagon in wartime. you ve served up close with former secretary leon panetta. you ve seen this process. tell us about it. brian, on august 6th, 2011, we lost 30 guys when a helicopter was shot out of the sky in wardok province, afghanistan. john kelly, now the chief of staff, who was then serving in the pentagon as senior military adviser to panetta, called the secretary, called myself and told us about it and with the president, many of us went to dover, not only to greet back the remains of our fallen heroes, but, in fact, to console and condole the family and friends of the loved ones. it was a huge haul. i saw the president personally, president obama go up to each family member and spend several moments with each. this is something the president did regularly. president bush
larger than life. he was a kid who believed in people. he made you, he elevated everyone he knew to be a better version of themselves. that is the best way to describe him. incredible human being. abby: you probably miss that laugh. i miss it. abby: he died at young age of 30. boy did he serve this country well. what happened? august 6th, 2011, rangers were in a range 2 1/2 hours into firefight in tanga river valley in afghanistan. this is three months after we killed osama bin laden. the whole valley was heightened, there was heightened state of warfare. they were assisting rangers in the raid, 17 u.s. navy seals and five seals support and several other crewmembers and other special forces. their chopper was shot down just before they touched down, killed all 30 americans on board. largest loss of life in history of naval warfare, still to date the largest single loss of life in this war. abby: as you mentioned he knew how dangerous the mission was. he knew what he was doing and
perished on august 6th, 2011 along with 30 other americans that were shot from the sky while rushing into a battle. losing aaron s life had a profound impact. she really wanted to pride parents with advice on how to raise children and leave an indelible imprint on the world. much like her beloved son. karen will also be my guest tomorrow night on hannity. sean will be on vacation for two days and i will be in for him. you can all watch that as well. greg: another podcast plug but this is good. the one. my friend, buy his book. listen to the podcast. all right. it s time for this. dana: oh, 824. greg: i bought a dog everybody. check it out. it s a poodle-potamus.
dana: a podcast promo. the terror attack, president trump s foreign trip, we talked about the republican budget that just got proposed and a memorial day tutorial. we talked about this. a picture of a bear it looks like a professional picture. right? no, au contraire, my mother took that through her car window on a trip through west virginia.. greg: i am disgusted by it. why is it humping a tree? kimberly. kimberly: thank you so much. this memorial day, a book by my friend, karen vaughn, world changer. her son, aaron carson vaughn an american hero and navy seal sadly perished on august 6th, 2011 along with 30 other americans that were shot from the sky while rushing into a