in north carolina, just 1.7%. virginia, 1.4%. and florida is at 15.7%. while members of the military register to vote from their home states in 2009 congress passed the military and overseas voter empowerment act which is meant to help smooth the voting process. with the low numbers it raised serious questions for us not only about whether the service members will have their voices heard on election day but more importantly whether that important federal law was actually implemented. reporter: but the head of the pentagon voting program says military voting assistance has never been better. creteing the pentagon about about s voter assistance offices and use of social media. we are committed to evaluating all of the tools in our arsenal and we will work with the congress and with all affected stake holders including the services to continue to take a look at that and refine the way in which we conduct outreach to absentee voters. reporter: the pentagon says military voter regis
empowerment act, meant to help smooth the voting process. with the slow numbers, it raised questions for us not whether the service members have the voices heard on election day but more importantly whether the important federal law was implemented. head of the pentagon voting program says the military voting assistance has never been better. citing the voting assistance office and use of social media. we are committed to evaluating all the tools in our arsenal. we will work with the congress and the state effective voters including the services to continue to take a look at that. and refine way in which we conduct the outreach to absentee voters. the pentagon says the military voter administration is running about the same as in 2004. the last time an incumbent president was on the ballot. bret? bret: eric, thank you. syrian troops reportedly have recaptured the town on the jordanian border in an attempt to cut off refugees. that town along the border.