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Ambushed as they left the town, don. wow. let s go now to you re on the ground there. what s it like? what s the situation on the ground? well, it s a lot tenser for sure than we were last here about three, four months ago when we did actually visit the u.s. drone base here as well as the one out that is under construction. people when you speak to them here will echo what they were saying to us in the past in that they in and of themselves are very concerned about security and stability in niger. bearing in mind, though, that the area where this ambush took place, yes, it s not one where previous u.s. military elements have come under attack, but it is an area where the niger yans regularly do come under attack. in fact, just this past weekend 13 john darms, members of the military police, the nigerian military police were killed when ....
Think it s very important. i think congress listening to john mccain, he wants answer on this. it s his committee and he ll get them. we have a lot more show ahead. before we go to break, we want to tell you a little bit about these four americans who were killed in niger. they re not just names in a headline. they have families and accomplishments and people who love them. they re staff sergeant brian black, 35 years old, medic. he learned the local language so he could talk directly with niger yans there in the army. he was married with two kids. staff sergeant engineer mia johnson. he had more than a dozen military kmen dagsz. 39 years old from spring borrow, ohio. interesting specialty for him, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear specialist. and there s staff sergeant dustin write from georgia. he turned 29 last month. hiss family has been in the military for some 200 years. and listen to the medals he earned, joint service achievement, army good conduct, ....