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of the kind.

Here's what I am saying.

You are not going

outside my wire.

End of discussion.

I see. So you are

hamstringing me.

Let's go, men!

Oh, sh*t. What's that?

Move it! Move it!

Let's go!

Medics on the way!

Let's go!

Get him out, get him out!

Okay.

Hey, get the congressman down

to the colonel now, ASAP.

Trevor, close that gate,

damn it!

Secure it!

Medic's here, buddy.

No, Charlie, I can walk.

Don't need no medic.

We can get you inside,

get you all patched up.

No, I can walk.

Let me walk. Vic!

I'm sorry, buddy.

It has to be this way.

Get him on the stretcher now!

- You! Get over here!

- Hey!

Come on.

One, two, three.

- Charlie, you got him?

- I got him. Grab him.

One, two, three, go!

Let's go, move.

I don't know who you are

or what you want,

but stay away from my men.

And who authorized you

to take photos?

Easy, cowboy.

Stay away from my men.

Do you understand me?

NATO correspondent,

so just cool down, okay?

Hey, you can't do that.

Give that back to me.

Give that-

- Charlie, keep her out.

- Yes, sir.

- Oh, my God.

- No, no, no.

Excuse me, Sergeant,

is that Congressman Cooper?

Ma'am, please, just stand back.

Is that Congressman

Stan Cooper?

Ma'am, please step aside.

What is he doing in there?

Is he wounded?

Damn it!

-

It was just a bright flash

of light right in my eyes.

It must have ricocheted

off the Humvee.

My face feels like it's on fire!

I know, Marcus.

Let Shipley take a look.

Well?

I can see shapes.

It's all blurry.

Marcus, listen to me, buddy.

Stop talking and let Shipley

take care of your wounds.

Just sit back and relax, okay?

We'll be back to check on you.

- Let's go.

- Hey, Vic.

Yeah.

Thanks for dragging me

into that Humvee.

If I had just been

a little bit faster.

Yeah, forget it.

It's what we do, right?

We watch each other's six.

May I have a word with you?

V? You know what we gotta do.

Go get the gear prepped.

Stand by.

Roger that.

What do you want?

I know we got off

on the wrong foot.

I'd really like to fix that.

You know I got a job to do.

So do you.

Sometimes I can be

a little pushy

'cause I'm one of those people

no one ever wants around.

If I don't push, I don't get.

Makes me pretty unpopular.

So I'm sorry.

Fair enough.

Janet Conrad.

That Janet Conrad?

What's that supposed to mean?

I think maybe I heard of you.

Don't start with

this jinx nonsense.

Imbedded in Portacurdey.

- Obamadad.

- Have a nice day.

Was that Congressman Cooper

you just brought in?

I don't know who

you're talking about.

Of course you do.

Congressman Stanford Cooper.

He's one of the most vocal

opponents of military spending.

He'd shut this whole operation

down if he could.

Cut your paycheck,

cancel your vacation,

shoot your dog,

yet here he is.

Why?

Sure sounds like you know

a lot more than I do.

What's he doing here?

Why are you being so evasive?

I have a debrief to attend.

We didn't make it out, huh?

No.

What about the others?

Some did,

some are lying out there.

Thanks for not

leaving me behind.

Don't mention it, brother.

Jake?

Yeah.

I can't move my legs.

I'm trying, but...

I can't feel anything.

You got a round

lodged in your spine.

I stopped the bleeding, but...

there's really not much more

I could do for now.

We gonna have to wait

until some folks get here.

When will that be?

Soon, I hope, man.

Our 119 is shot.

Can't fix this damn thing.

Probably we're gonna have

to just wait it out.

And you checked the bodies?

Yes, sir. All of 'em.

Full of bullet holes.

Some of 'em cut up.

Bodies were all stripped clean

of body armor and weapons.

They had the bodies stacked up

in that little shop

across the street

from the hotel.

Looks to me like it was a real

intense, close-quarter battle.

They lost.

Then we headed

over to the hotel.

They had the congressman

strung up there

like a damn worm on a hook,

and we took the bait.

Then what?

Request to speak freely.

Shoot.

How in the hell does

a non-military observer

like the congressman

get authorization to go on some

sightseeing tour in Matubahk

and then fall into a damn ambush

that is so perfectly laid out

that not one of the team members

of the personal security detail

survives or radios for help?

Don't smell right, sir.

I don't have a good answer

for you, Sergeant Mosby.

What about the congressman?

Why was he spared?

Who the hell knows?

Maybe they were

planning to stage

some Internet extravaganza

with him

or trade him

for something they want.

Hell, they only

had him for a day.

Maybe they didn't

have any plan at all.

Maybe.

All right, sir, look,

as far Chandler and Cannon go-

If you're talking about going

back into Matubahk today,

negative.

Why? Those are my men, sir.

Because I'm short of people

and ammunition.

Here's the deal, Mosby.

Renegade got hit hard

last night,

and they're still

under pressure.

All available air assets have

been committed to that fight.

In the meantime, I get word

a major Taliban force

is headed in our direction.

If that's the case,

I don't have the people,

and I don't have the ammo

to stage an effective defense.

So I am not authorizing

anything outside the wire

until we get resupplied

and reinforced.

Now go see about your men.

All right, when do we go?

- We don't.

- What?

Colonel says we wait.

That doesn't make any sense.

I know.

He's got his reasons.

I'm just not sure I'm buying.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna go ask

some questions.

You stand by.

Be ready to move.

Marcus.

You awake, buddy?

Hey, Vic.

Yeah, I'm awake, all right.

They just gave me

a shot of the good stuff,

so it won't be long.

That's good, buddy.

That's good.

You need your rest.

Well, I'm sorry about

Doc and the guys.

Yeah, yeah, we all are.

I guess compared to them,

I'm the lucky one.

I want you to have this.

Maybe it'll do you some good.

Besides, I heard

there's a jinx in the camp.

News travels fast, huh?

You, uh, sure

you can spare this?

Yeah, I'm sure.

As long as you have it on you,

you'll be okay.

All right, buddy.

I'll take real good care

of it, all right?

Congressman?

It's okay, it's okay.

You're safe, you're safe.

I'm Sergeant First Class Mosby.

I was leading the rescue team

this morning, sir.

It's okay, it's okay.

Relax, relax.

Congressman.

- Sir.

- Hmm?

I need to know

what happened in Matubahk.

Sir, was it an ambush

or was it something else, sir?

Congressman?

You're not gonna get anything

out of him, Vic.

He's been on the hard stuff

for a while.

Ah, damn it.

Yeah. I heard him talking

before he passed out.

He was rambling.

What'd you hear him say?

He said a name

two, three times.

I don't...

Ab- Abdul Abbat...

Abdul Azim Abad?

Sergeant.

How's your friend?

Ma'am?

You keep doggin' me. Why?

Hey, I thought

we were friends now.

Besides, you're the most

interesting soldier I've met

so far.

Well, you must not be

looking too hard.

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