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as we often do here at 10 o'clock we

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want to take you live now to Iraq to

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visit with the Fort Hood soldiers

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serving our country over tonight .

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We're joined by Combat Aviation Brigade

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Commander Colonel Donald McWhinnie from

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Iraq . Good morning colonel . What kind

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of emissions emissions are you involved

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in now or is it all about that ?

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Were still heavily engaged in the

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mission garden julie . Our focus

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remains right here in the war fight .

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We've not yet shifted back to any type

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of redeployment we continue to provide

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around the clock combat assault , armed

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reconnaissance , a unique mission of

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our unmanned aerial vehicles and these

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beautiful medevac helicopters are back

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here to all the soldiers and the Iraqi

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armed forces here in and around Baghdad

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incredible job you guys are doing their

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colonel the first tab right now

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beginning to deploy to Iraq . It is

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obviously some of them still here and

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hopefully watching us tonight . Any

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words of advice for members of the

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cabinet are going to be taking your

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place , can't give them any more words

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of advice and I got to say , we're very ,

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very pleased to have the first cavalry

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Division follow up on our footsteps .

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That's a battle hardened unit . Of

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course they were here before and we've

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been in touch with him since day one

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when they got their orders to come over

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here and I can guarantee it will be a

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seamless transition as Fort Hood

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central texas community continue to

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take the fight over here and do what

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our nation needs her life eric ,

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I don't know what Mhm

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I'm sorry if you ask the question came

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and broken thing I was asking ,

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ask you near the end of your point .

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What I'm most proud of . What ? Really ?

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Thanks . I'll tell you the first pieces

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that just the commitment to cancer and

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the dedication of these soldiers were

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brand new formed unit at Fort Hood

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texas and we went through a very

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rigorous training program and and just

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to see these young soldiers come

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together . It is pretty special on top

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of that . We've flown a little over 68

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69,000 hours on our way to about 8000

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hours . That's something hasn't been

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seen over here or an army since the

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Vietnam war and it's been done right .

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It's been done safe and everybody .

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I'll be proud of these soldiers when

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they do come home . Colonel , we are

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out of time , but we can't let you go

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without giving the opportunity to see

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how your friends and family . Thank you

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for everything you do . Especially

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those ladies and support us with the

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family readiness group . We will be

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home soon . Thanks very much . All

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right , Colonel Donald , thanks for

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your time . Thanks very much