so dangerous that the u.s. has since pulled out. but in late october of 07, as night dropped into the mountains of eastern afghanistan, staff sergeant salvatore giunta and his platoon were ambushed by 10 to 20 insurgents. giunta was hit in his bulletproof vest. incoming fire came from everywhere. giunta moved forward into it to join up with fellow soldier, sergeant josh brennan. giunta spotted a wounded brennan being dragged off by two insurgents. giunta killed one of them, shot the other, and pulled brennan back. after repelling the enemy, the platoon returned to its outpost. looking at it as like a picture, i was just one brush stroke in that picture, and everyone else was one brush stroke in that picture. and what i did wasn t the first brush stroke of the picture and it wasn t the last brush stroke in the picture and it wasn t the best. it was just another brush stroke that helped, you know, complete this picture, or this moment in time.
chatter of civil war. among democrats, the feeling that there s an opportunity here. today, democrats look for an opening in the republican party divide. exclusive interviews with alaska senator lisa murkowski and tim kaine, chairman of the democratic national committee. they re chasing after moderate candidates and hence they re moderate voters. also this morning, tea party kingmaker, senator jim demint. they re madder at the democrats than they are at the republicans right now. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union . the election of christine o donnell and the decision by lisa murkowski to keep fighting heats up the civil war among republicans and gives the democrats new life in delaware and maybe even alaska. but even with that, democrats are dealing with problems of their own. some of the biggest triumphs of the obama administration may be working against them back home. party chairman tim kaine says democrats would be foolish to run away from legi
chatter of civil war. among democrats, the feeling that there s an opportunity here. today, democrats look for an opening in the republican party divide. exclusive interviews with alaska senator lisa murkowski and tim kaine, chairman of the democratic national committee. they re chasing after moderate candidates and hence they re moderate voters. also this morning, tea party kingmaker, senator jim demint. they re madder at the democrats than they are at the republicans right now. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union . the election of christine o donnell and the decision by lisa murkowski to keep fighting heats up the civil war among republicans and gives the democrats new life in delaware and maybe even alaska. but even with that, democrats are dealing with problems of their own. some of the biggest triumphs of the obama administration may be working against them back home. party chairman tim kaine says democrats would be foolish to run away from legi
from westminster, london, this is about 50 minutes. [cheers and applause] god bless the pope! [fanfare] it is my honor to introduce his holiness pope benedict xvi to westminster hall, and through this fine location, to the palace of westminster as a whole. it is the first time that the pontiff has visited this place, a fact that he alone invests today with deep historical significance. it is a measure of the distance we have come and of the dialogue which we have created over the past few decades. in years gone by, it would have been inconceivable, but it can occur in seem entirely natural. this is the oldest structure of its kind in europe in the home of many memories. it is inevitably associated with trials and condemnation to death, as was the fate of sir thomas more, one of my 156th predecessors as speaker of the house of commons. and of king charles i, long after considered a martyr by many anglicans. yet it would be a mistake to think of westminster
happy. he s happy for me, and this means a lot to the guys. and honestly, hearing him say that, to me, someone i look up to telling me this, it means a lot to me and especially that he can say that from the guy, too, that i think you know, are the heroes right now. they re out there fighting for the united states while i m just sitting here. as far as bittersweet and speaking to the families of the soldiers that were lost that night, i keep in touch with josh brennan s father. he s a real stand-up guy. i like mike a lot. we talk here and there, off and on, and he s he s expressed his gratitude to me, which, you know, that s kind of a hard one to stomach, because that s still