Boy, the army is under fire today for what one senator callings one of the worst scandals in army history. National guard soldiers are accused of scamming a program that paid them to help enlist new recruits during the height of the iraq war. A senate panel says thousands of soldiers took 29 million in illegal payments. Lawmakers say five soldiers received nearly 1 million in bogus dollars. More than 3,000 soldiers may have received other questionable payments. John terret is in washington for us, john, if you would tell us more about this Senate Hearing today. Reporter there was a lot of anger today at this Senate Hearing on tap come hill. You have the National Guard recruiting Assistance Program which got underway at 2000 knife. Right at the heart and the height of the iraq war in afghanistan as well. And now the figures are alarming. I have more on the top of the ones that you have just given. For example, we know that 1200 people send elicit payments. 200 officers are involved. Two
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What prompted you to read the book this way . I wanted to write some thing to mark its 50th anniversary in business 50 years of my life, of kings legacy and his life coincided with my coming of age. So part of it was to do those two tasks. I felt i had connect it to the king legacy and yet i felt there was something about my life that needed to be told in order to understand how king impacted me and how i got involved in this amazing journey of editing kings papers. Well, its an excellent read. You and i are at the same generation i too am coming of age in the six days in the book i must say was bittersweet army because i knew dr. King. He was my mentor. I knew him to last years of his life. And bitter because the way he was taken from us because of racial hatred in this country. I guess we start at the beginning because the beginning of your book here on the mall with dr. King and near the end of your book, 50 years later with his monument, which you help to design. And in between, co
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Bombs would be intended to be used in sochi itself or on planes and who is behind this . Reporter the logic is tested and they want to get the explosive color on to an aircraft and use it on board the plane rather than take it off the plane and get it through the ring of steel, particularly in an area where explosives are easy to come by. Given the frequency of blasts across the Southern Region and areas further away where im standing now. Do we know who is behind this . No. The suggestions are they may have links to the extremist groups here. The caucuses and emirates said they will threat tone engulf the flames. With vladamir putin and the key is how credible they are. The impact they will have on american tourists. Not just the tourists, but the athletes with the headlines each day. Cnn talked to some of them about the possible fears as they arrived into sochi. Heres what they told us. Welcome to sochi. What do you think . So far, so good. Just landed. Are you . Yes, of course. Its