Short term politics will work to their advantage, the tax issue which has been the difficult part, the Super Committee we have it i call the avengers in politics, with powers untold in our history, that couldnt reach an agreement because the taxes, republicans wouldnt agree to any significant increase in taxes now they are talking to amounts that will reach that point and i am confident we will get something done. Rose jake tapper, ian mcewan, and norm ornstein when we continue. Funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. Rose additional funding provided by these funers. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose one of the deadliest Battle Office the war in afghanistan took place on the morning of october 3rd, 2009, nearly 400 taliban fighters attacked 53 american troops stationed at a remote military base known
Their advantage, the tax issue which has been the difficult part, the Super Committee we have it i call the avengers in politics, with powers untold in our history, that couldnt reach an agreement because the taxes, republicans wouldnt agree to any significant increase in taxes now they are talking to amounts that will reach that point and i am confident we will get something done. Rose jake tapper, ian mcewan, and norm ornstein when we continue. Funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. Rose additional funding provided by these funers. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose one of the deadliest Battle Office the war in afghanistan took place on the morning of october 3rd, 2009, nearly 400 taliban fighters attacked 53 american troops stationed at a remote military base known as combat outpost keating, a, ei
is no surrender. i m going to be the biggest pain in the butt i can be. this dawn-to-dusk battle would test that resolve. the taliban studied how the americans responded to previous attacks. when the enemies weren t shooting at us, they were shooting at the weapons. so they were disabling the weapons. the insurgents know the outpost relies heavily on mortars, so they make the big guns their first target. killing private kevin thompson as he raises to his post. troops begin running much-needed ammunition to the men on guard duty. but casualties begin mounting. sergeant joshua kirk is killed while returning fire. you could hear the rounds coming in from every direction and it was just basically a hornet s nest. sergeant first class john hill sees more young soldiers taking enemy fire. michael skuza was gunned down
so there is no giving up, there is no surrender. you just i m going to be the biggest pain in the butt i can be. this dawn-to-dusk battle would test that resolve. the taliban studied how the americans responded to previous attacks. when the enemies weren t shooting at us, they were shooting at the weapons. so they were disabling the weapons. the insurgents know the outpost relies heavily on mortars, so they make the big guns their first target. killing private kevin thompson as he raises to his post. troops begin running much-needed ammunition to the men on guard duty. but casualties begin mounting. sergeant joshua kirk is killed while returning fire. you could hear the rounds coming in from every direction and it was just basically a hornet s nest. sergeant first class john hill sees more young soldiers taking enemy fire. michael skuza was gunned down
private thompson ran a machine gun and was immediately killed. from that moment, manning the mortars was impossible. the enemy knew what our reaction plan was. they understood our weapon systems and our capabilities. and initially right at first they disabled one of our more capable ones to fight back. oh, yeah, it was definitely coordinated. you could tell immediately that they knew what they were doing. several guys had their, you know, weapons shot out of their hands. the taliban snipers embedded on the mountainside aimed at soldiers as they scrambled out of their barracks to start defending the base. sergeant joshua kirk was killed while trying to return fire. specialist michael skuza as he ran to deliver ammunition. staff sergeant romesha continued rallying his troops against the onslaug onslaught. bombs just kept coming in,