in the village, the convoy finds a narrow bridge blocking their path to the bomb site. i am going to dismount. rather than risk driving over the bridge, ricky decides to make the dangerous trip on foot. i will be back and we ll get a game plan. in hostile territory, an eod tech is always accompanied by an army escort and interpreter. it s a long walk for ricky knowing not everybody in the village is on his side. and the road is rumored to be littered with ieds. only the taliban knows where they are. so ricky cautionly leads the way
you have risk driving down the freeway and you have risk in your jobs in different ways. if you re going to do your job you have to meet the risk. the example i think of obviously with gabby, she served on the armed services committee. that s how i got to know her. mostly traveling around the world visiting troops in afghanistan and iraq. they have a job to do. they face risk and they do their job every day even knowing the risks. i think we have to continue to do that as members of congress and not let, you know, one incident cow us from doing what is an important job. tell us about your friend, congresswoman giffords. i met her back in 2006 when she was first campaigning. i went to her district because it was a district democrats were targeting saying, well, we can pick up this district because of the political dissatisfaction of the time. a border district, immigration a big issue there. tell us who she is as a person. she s an incredibly outgoing person. she loves people and sh
we spoke earlier by phone. you were talking about that you re a member of congress but a parent, too. how you have had to have discussions with your kids about this. talk to us about that. well, you know, my children obviously understand the job i do. they know gabby. they have met her and talked to her. as i mentioned she s a good friend of mine. just a great, great person who, as you said, had a lot of good friends. that s the kind of outgoing and open person that she is. so, you know, yes, my children were wondering about this and, you know, what risk i am at. but in all of our lives we have risks. you have risk driving down the freeway and you have risk in your jobs in different ways. if you re going to do your job you have to meet the risk. the example i think of obviously with gabby, she served on the armed services committee. that s how i got to know her. mostly traveling around the world visiting troops in afghanistan and iraq. they have a job to do. they face risk and they d
bash. we spoke earlier by phone. you were talking about that you re a member of congress but a parent, too. how you have had to have discussions with your kids about this. talk to us about that. well, you know, my children obviously understand the job i do. they know gabby. they have met her and talked to her. as i mentioned she s a good friend of mine. just a great, great person who, as you said, had a lot of good friends. that s the kind of outgoing and open person that she is. so, you know, yes, my children were wondering about this and, you know, what risk i am at. but in all of our lives we have risks. you have risk driving down the freeway and you have risk in your jobs in different ways. if you re going to do your job you have to meet the risk. the example i think of obviously with gabby, she served on the armed services committee. that s how i got to know her. mostly traveling around the world visiting troops in afghanistan and iraq. they have a job to do. they face risk and