Wounded Iraq vet prepares to take his own life
Days after the 9/11 attacks, 22-year-old Tomas Young was motivated to enlist in the U.S. Army. Three years later, while serving in Iraq, a bullet severed Young's spine, paralyzing him.
The shooting turned Young into one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war.
But now, after nine years, and a number of medical setbacks, his body has failed him and Young says he has lost the will to live.
Martin Savidge has the story.
OutFront Recap: North Korea readies for war
In this week's OutFront Recap, Erin Burnett has the latest on North Korea's "ratcheting rhetoric." And fights against a freedom of the press cover-up?
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President Obama goes on the “offensive”
President Obama has been working hard to convince Republicans to support his ideas.
And the media has a name for it.
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