during a training mission with local troops. andrew peak is a fellow at the clemmons center for national security. one of the most troubling details about this story. they were on this training mission. they couldn t have been easy to find when they were ambushed. that s worrisome, isn t it? it s extremely worrisome. usually when we see special forces deaths like this they re on a raid against a hardened target like an al qaeda compound. very rarely. i can t think of any in my experience have there been a combat death on a training mission for these internal defense patrols and advisory missions the green berets do so well. it speaks to the ability of the jihadists to gain information on where our forces are in these countries. melissa: they have no borders. they are moving into all new territory when it comes to africa, how big of a problem is that? that s right. the counter terrorism problem
base there. it is not who we are. and the united states is committed to see those responsible are held accountable. the delegate partnership now falling further into chaos. and now from the pentagon, what do we know of the soldier accused of mass murder? he is 38-year-old staff sergeant, married, a father of two children himself and he has served three times in iraq, the first time in afghanistan. working with special operations to train local afghan defense patrols in individual averages and with the 5th stryker brigade from joint base in washington, state. and the 56 begans demanded he be handed over but the u.s. military says it will try him with recent military sentences have been shockingly short for similar sentences, and including