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Army Blames 'Boots On The Ground' For Failures In The Battle Of Wanat

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United States Marine Cpl. Jesse Hopkins from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines fires a machine gun during a gun battle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan in 2010. (AP)
United States Marine Cpl. Jesse Hopkins from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines fires a machine gun during a gun battle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan in 2010. (AP)

A firefight that cost nine American soldiers their lives in Afghanistan in 2008 is one of the most scrutinized of the 10-year war there. But now, the Army's final report in the battle shifts the blame to lower level commanders in the field that day. This reverses the first investigation, which called for reprimands of higher level officers. Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post has been covering this story for two years and joins us with the latest.

This segment aired on December 29, 2010.

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