in our national lead, almost 300 u.s. service members partial remains were secretly dumped in a virginia landfill, according to a 2011 washington post investigation. one of those unceremonious burials was of army sergeant first class scott r. smith. smith paid the ultimate sacrifice in 2006. he was killed by a roadside bomb in iraq. his gold star wife sought answers. but she said the pentagon personally attacked and slandered her after she protested her husband s uncivil burial. this week, a federal labor and management panel ruled that the army also wrongly denied her a promotion at her civilian army job because of her public protest. gary lynn smith joins us now. obviously, nothing can replace