Soldiers outside the city of ramadi. U. S. Troops have been training the iraqi army for 13 years. It has cost american taxpayers nearly 30 billion, and there is no end in sight. Charlie dagata saw some of that firsthand. Reporter on the outskirts of Baghdad Iraqi army recruits took aim at an imaginary enemy. But for u. S. Trainer Sergeant First Class Josh Mcspadden its all too real. I fought in iraq the first time. Reporter hes been here before. During the worst of the fighting in 2004. And he remembers in vivid detail the day he thought he was going to die. It was the only day in my life that i ever thought that i wasnt going to make it home alive. You know, but it was so intense. Reporter but whats it like to have fought so fiercely and now youre back again . Its frustrating. You know, you want to see your brothers in arms, you know, the iraqi people, you want to see them have the same motivation. You want to see them fight the same way that you do. Just to come back here and face th
the conservative media as the villain in the cliven bundy story, a story that, let s not forget, involves cliven bundy refusing to pay federal grazing fees for 20 years, owing the government about a million dollars, and successfully warding off government collection of his cattle by the bureau of land management. by inviting a bunch of gun-toting supporters to essentially stand guard near his ranch. some of those supporters, whom harry reid referred to as domestic terrorists, are still there, awaiting any further potential government action. and some, according to reuters, are looking for another fight. reuters reporting today, energized by their success, bundy s supporters are already talking about whether where else they can exercise armed defiance. in the days since the showdown right-wing websites have begun searching for other bundys. but don t expect the original to fade away anytime soon. because you see, cliven bundy is the perfect mascot for anti-obama conservati
mitt romney s one hour meeting today with the much richer casino mogul sheldon adelson sheldon adelson is the single biggest donor in the romney campaign so far. he has spent more than $25 million on conservative candidates, most of which went to a newt gingrich supporting superpac. meanwhile donald trump has donated a grand total of $2,500 to mitt romney. not one penny of sheldon adel adelson s millions had gone to mitt romney. sheldon told me he was going to actively support governor romney. joining me now, tim
financially. this is about leaving no racist voter behind. love all, serve all, that s the romney campaign. anybody who s willing to write a check, we have got an issue for you, we re going to take care of you. there s a bunch of millionaires and sheldon adelson is the most active. who else does he have lined up with the money to support him? the biggest guy is harold simmons, he s the buyout king of great renown from the 80s and is making a big weight in nuclear waste that he wants to import from 36 states into west texas. but to do that, he needs a very compliant epa. so he s hoping that romney will help him out with that. there s some red tape involved that you might need to deal with. what s interesting is that, guess what, the rhetoric that
dickenson, editor of and karen finney, former dnc communications director and an msnbc political analyst. karen, according to newt, it sounds like adelson is on board with romney and so the adelson millions should be flowing from those cannes ksino tables strai into the romney campaign. it kind of makes you wonder why the romney campaign was so worried about getting another $2 million by showing up with donald trump today. when he has sheldon adelson and several other billionaires. donald trump is the dog whistle for racist voters. it ain t about the money. trump has contributed next to nothing to romney. he means nothing to romney